Home Department written question – answered at on 20 January 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many employers and organisations are registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS); how many such employers and organisations have registered with the DBS Update Service; and how many have requested a certificate check through the Update Service in the last six months.
There are currently 3,533 bodies registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). 77,341 individuals had subscribed to the Update Service by the end of December 2013. Using the Update Service, with an individual’s permission, employers and organisations are able to check whether any new information has been recorded since the date the DBS certificate was issued.
56,768 such status checks had been made by the end of December 2013.
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