Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) CRB checks and (b) Disclosure and Barring Service checks have been carried out in each of the last 10 years.
The table below shows the total number of Standard and Enhanced certificates issued by the Disclosure and Barring Service over the last 10 years. The figures include applications for volunteer roles, which are processed free of charge.
Organisation | Financial Year | Standard & Enhanced Certificates Issued |
CRB | 2005/06 | 2,776,378 |
CRB | 2006/07 | 3,278,031 |
CRB | 2007/08 | 3,323,402 |
CRB | 2008/09 | 3,856,583 |
CRB | 2009/10 | 4,301,313 |
CRB | 2010/11 | 4,312,533 |
CRB | 2011/12 | 4,074,241 |
CRB (to Nov-12) | 2012/13 | 2,842,832 |
DBS (from Dec-12) | 2012/13 | 1,223,773 |
DBS | 2013/14 | 3,948,733 |
DBS | 2014/15 | 4,111,856 |