Question follow-through · 115858
Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in England and Wales would have a previous caution or conviction disclosed in a standard DBS check.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in England and Wales would have a previous caution or conviction disclosed in a standard DBS check.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) does not hold information about how many people overall in England and Wales have a previous caution or conviction nor the specific nature of those offences which would determine whether they would be disclosed on ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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