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(asked on 19th January 2017) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) standard, (b) enhanced and (c) enhanced with barred list checks applications have been submitted to the Disclosure and Barring Service in each year since 2009-10; and how many of those applications were (i) accepted and (ii) rejected.


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Sarah Newton
This question was answered on 27th January 2017

Table 1 shows how many (a) standard, (b) enhanced and (c) enhanced with barred list checks applications have been submitted to the Disclosure and Barring Service and accepted in each year since 2009-10.

Table 2 shows how many (a) standard, (b) enhanced and (c) enhanced with barred list checks applications have been submitted to the Disclosure and Barring Service and rejected for each year since 2009-10 because of issues with the application form.

Table 1:

Disclosures Received & Accepted

F/Y

Standard

Enhanced

Enhanced with List Checks

2009/10

294,969

99,734

4,011,434

2010/11

188,020

41,328

3,893,923

2011/12

263,558

22,109

3,771,012

2012/13

264,994

82,064

3,706,815

2013/14

236,000

164,141

3,614,656

2014/15

279,662

183,699

3,681,229

2015/16

302,447

199,968

3,754,691

2016/17 to 20/01/2017

228,494

177,784

2,993,294

Table 2:

Disclosures Received & Rejected

F/Y

Rejected Standard

Rejected Enhanced

Rejected Enhanced with list checks

2009/10

1,105

107

2,185

2010/11

2,018

15

903

2011/12

1,112

10

1,410

2012/13

864

20

1,136

2013/14

588

28

845

2014/15

39

36

677

2015/16

27

48

806

2016/17 to 20/01/2017

40

6

634

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