Asked by: Robert Neill (Conservative - Bromley and Chislehurst)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Disclosure and Barring Service Statistics, published on 28 January 2016, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of the Metropolitan Police disclosure unit against the Disclosure and Barring Service service standards.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is working closely with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to help MPS meet its Service Level Agreement targets. The performance of police disclosure units is an operational issue for individual police forces and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has established a Gold Group, on which DBS is represented, to oversee the recovery plan in place to reduce the time taken for applicants awaiting a response to Disclosure and Barring checks. I have made clear to the MPS that its current delays must be addressed as a matter of priority and I continue to maintain close oversight of the progress being made.
Asked by: Robert Neill (Conservative - Bromley and Chislehurst)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for Disclosure and Barring Service checks (a) nationally, (b) in London and (c) in Bromley and Chislehurst constituency met the published service standards for waiting times in the last 6 months.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The published service standards are to complete 85% of disclosure applications within 21 days and 95% within 56 days. The tables below show the proportion of applications which met the service standards a) nationally, b) in London and c) in Bromley and Chislehurst.
A) Nationally
Month | % Completed within 21 Calendar Days | % Completed within 56 Calendar Days |
Aug-15 | 83.4% | 94.9% |
Sep-15 | 87.3% | 95.1% |
Oct-15 | 87.6% | 95.4% |
Nov-15 | 86.3% | 94.5% |
Dec-15 | 86.0% | 94.3% |
Jan-16 | 85.8% | 93.9% |
Total | 86.1% | 94.7% |
B) London
Month | % Completed within 21 Calendar Days | % Completed within 56 Calendar Days |
Aug-15 | 83.5% | 86.7% |
Sep-15 | 85.2% | 87.6% |
Oct-15 | 85.7% | 88.1% |
Nov-15 | 83.7% | 86.2% |
Dec-15 | 80.8% | 85.5% |
Jan-16 | 81.2% | 83.9% |
Total | 83.5% | 86.4% |
C) Bromley and Chislehurst
Month | % Completed within 21 Calendar Days | % Completed within 56 Calendar Days |
Aug-15 | 85.9% | 89.1% |
Sep-15 | 86.5% | 89.7% |
Oct-15 | 85.4% | 88.9% |
Nov-15 | 86.5% | 89.5% |
Dec-15 | 80.2% | 86.2% |
Jan-16 | 84.7% | 87.7% |
Total | 84.9% | 88.6% |