Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Modernising the Disclosure and Barring Service inquiry

Status: Closed Opened: 21 Dec 2017 Closed: 21 Dec 2017 1 report

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) handles requests for disclosure of criminal records (or DBS checks) from employers and issues disclosure certificates. DBS checks are widely used by organisations in the public and private sector, such as schools and care homes, to check prospective employees and volunteers. In 2009, the Home Office launched a programme …

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
42nd Report - Modernising the Disclosure and Barring Service HC 695 25 May 2018 0

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
19 Mar 2018 Session View ↗

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
27 Feb 2019 To cttee Letter from Philip Rutnam to Chair regarding the DBS modernisation programme - …
18 May 2018 Correspondence with the Home Office, dated 27 March
10 May 2018 Correspondence with the Disclosure & Barring Service, dated 28 March