Official Statistics

Service standards for DBS checks, referrals and barring

Disclosure and Barring Service performance against published service standards.

• From: Disclosure and Barring Service
• Published: 23 September 2014
• Last updated: 11 July 2017 — See all updates

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DBS performance 2016-17

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DBS performance 2016-17

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DBS performance 2015-16

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DBS performance 2015-16

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Details

DBS checks

We aim for:

• 96% of all disclosures to be issued within 42 days from receipt
• 0.02% or less sample check error rate for disclosure certificates (rolling 12 months)

Referrals and barring

We will aim to make sure:

• 65% of barring cases are closed within 3 months
• 0.5% or less sample check error rate for barring decisions (measured against rolling 12 months, available March 2016)

Police disclosure units

You can also read about how police disclosure units have performed against published service standards.

Published 23 September 2014
Last updated 11 July 2017 + show all updates

1. 11 July 2017

   Update including March data now uploaded

2. 22 March 2017

   Replaced 2016-2017 data sets to include February 2017.

3. 10 March 2017

   Added data for January 2017.

4. 31 January 2017

   Added DBS performance data for December 2016.

5. 29 November 2016

   Added data for October 2016.

6. 27 October 2016

   Added data for September 2016.

7. 28 September 2016

   Added DBS performance figures for August 2016.

8. 26 July 2016

   Data added for June 2016.

9. 4 July 2016

   Added performance data for May 2016.

10. 28 April 2016

    Added DBS performance figures for March 2016.

11. 28 January 2016

    Statistics added for December 2015.

12. 8 January 2016

    Added latest figures up to November 2015.

13. 23 October 2015

    Added performance data for September 2015.

14. 17 June 2015

    Added performance data for March 2015.

15. 26 March 2015

    Added performance figures for February 2015.

16. 24 February 2015

    Added the performance figures for January 2015.

17. 23 January 2015

    Added the DBS performance figures for December 2014.

18. 22 December 2014

    Added the DBS performance figures for November 2014.

19. 21 November 2014

    Added performance figures for October 2014.

20. 21 November 2014

    Added performance figures for October 2014.

21. 29 October 2014

    Updated with statistics for September 2014.

22. 23 September 2014

    First published.