Question follow-through · 77848
Disclosure and Barring Service
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Scottish Government on the effectiveness of the (a) Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 and (b) Protecting Vulnerable Groups scheme; and whether she has made an ass
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Scottish Government on the effectiveness of the (a) Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 and (b) Protecting Vulnerable Groups scheme; and whether she has made an ass
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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14 Oct 2025
Answer published
The disclosure and barring regime in Scotland is devolved and the UK Government engages regularly with the Scottish Government to ensure that the regimes work effectively together to keep the public safe.We keep the disclosure and barring regime in Englan...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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