An analysis of Disclosure and Barring Service applications for 2015 to 2016
This report summarises analysis to help inform proposed amendments to Part V of the Police Act 1997 on changes to Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure rules.
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This report summarises analysis undertaken to help inform proposed amendments to Part V of the Police Act 1997, covering proposed amendments to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure rules. The amendments remove two rules that disclose some or all an applicant’s criminal record history: the ‘multiple conviction’ and ‘youth caution’ rules. The analysis is based on a DBS dataset covering applications in 2015 to 2016.
If the ‘multiple conviction’ rule was removed retrospectively, a total of 41,041 applicants to the DBS in 2015 to 2016 would no longer have their criminal records disclosed. The equivalent figure for the ‘youth caution’ rule was 5,585 applicants, of which 1% related to cautions for offences defined as ‘serious’ and ‘recent’.