Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people made representations to the (a) Disclosure and Barring Service and (b) Independent Safeguarding Authority to remove their names from the (i) children's and (ii) adult's barred list in each year since 2009-10; and what proportion of those representations were (A) successful and (B) unsuccessful.

The table below shows the number of appeals relating to England, Wales and Northern Ireland that are upheld and result in the person being removed from one or more of the barred lists. This table also includes cases where an appellant has agreed to withdraw an appeal, following their removal from a list or lists by the Disclosure and Barring Service using its review powers. The data does not break down to allow comparison between the children’s and adults barred lists.

Data on appeals before 2015 is not available without incurring disproportionate costs.

In addition to appeals, there are two other ways for people to make representations for removal from the barred lists. The Disclosure and Barring Service cannot provide data on late representations or barring reviews without incurring disproportionate cost.