Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his Department's policy to fund Standard disclosure and barring checks (DBS) for jobseekers' allowance claimants who have received a job offer conditional on obtaining a DBS certificate.

Jobcentre Plus local offices can already use the Flexible Support Fund for DBS checks if they think this is appropriate on a case by case basis.