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DBS Freedom of Information requests

A summary of the Freedom of Information (FOI) requests received by DBS including a breakdown of the numbers of requests received and handled in each quarter.

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From:
Disclosure and Barring Service
Published:
5 November 2021
Last updated:
14 July 2026
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  1. DBS FOI Requests: April to June 2026 - file attachment has been uploaded

  2. DBS FOI Requests: Jan to March 2026 uploaded

  3. DBS FOI Requests: October to December 2025 has been uploaded

  4. FOI requests for July- September has been uploaded.

  5. Data for April-June 2025 has been uploaded.

  6. FOI Requests for Jan-March 2025 has been added.

  7. FOI requests for Oct- Dec 2024 uploaded

  8. FOI's for July to September have been uploaded.

  9. A new attachment has been uploaded, showing the FOI requests April to June 2024.

  10. The FOI requests from January 2024 to March 2024 have been uploaded.

  11. DBS FOI releases to requests made from 1 October to 31 December 2023 has been added.

  12. DBS FOI requests from July to September 2023 have been added.

  13. Addition of DBS FOI requests from April 2023 to June 2023.

  14. Uploaded DBS FOI requests for January to March 2023.

  15. September to December 2022 FOI requests have been added.

  16. DBS FOI Requests attachment added for period July 2022 to September 2022.

  17. FOI requests for DBS added, covering period of April 2022 to June 2022.

  18. DBS FOI requests added for January 2022 to March 2022.

  19. The latest Freedom of Information requests from October 2021 - December 2021 have now been added.

  20. First published.

Documents

DBS FOI Requests: April to June 2026

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 26.8 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

DBS FOI Requests: January to March 2026

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 31.6 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

DBS FOI Requests: October to December 2025

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 33.7 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

DBS FOI Requests: July to September 2025

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 40.9 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Title: DBS FOI Requests: April to June 2025

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 32.5 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

DBS FOI Requests: January to March 2025

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 37.3 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

DBS FOI Requests: October to December 2024

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 35.1 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

DBS FOI Requests: July to September 2024

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 23.4 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

DBS FOI Requests: April to June 2024

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 46 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

DBS FOI Requests: January to March 2024

MS Word Document, 46.6 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

DBS FOI Requests: October to December 2023

MS Word Document, 38.5 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

DBS FOI Requests: July to September 2023

MS Word Document, 34.9 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

DBS FOI Requests: April to June 2023

MS Word Document, 39.2 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

DBS FOI Requests: January to March 2023

MS Word Document, 37.6 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

DBS FOI Requests: October to December 2022

MS Word Document, 19.6 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

DBS FOI Requests: July to September 2022

MS Word Document, 24 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

DBS FOI requests: April 2022 to June 2022

MS Word Document, 24.2 KB

DBS FOI requests: January 2022 to March 2022

ODT, 12.6 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

DBS FOI requests: October 2021 to December 2021

ODT, 11.2 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email customerservices@dbs.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

DBS FOI requests: July 2021 to September 2021

ODT, 11 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

DBS FOI requests: April 2021 to June 2021

ODT, 11 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Details

This summary provides an overview of the FOI requests received by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), and the level of information provided in response to these requests.

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