Question follow-through · 83467
Councillors: Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring councillors in principle tier authorities to obtain a DBS check.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 20 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 10 Nov 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring councillors in principle tier authorities to obtain a DBS check.
22 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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10 Nov 2025
Answer published
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17 Nov 2025
Answer corrected
Criminal record checks provided by the Disclosure and Barring Service (‘DBS checks’) for local government members are currently optional; it is for individual local authorities to adopt eligible checks as they determine necessary.I am considering options ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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