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For additional information you cannot fit on your Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application form.
Guidance about filtering of certain offences from criminal record certificates (DBS checks).
Guidance and information regarding the sensitive applications route for transgender applicants.
From 6 April 2022, IDVT will be introduced to support employers and landlords with right to work, right to rent and pre-employment DBS checks.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) sets out internationally recognised codes, designated to each country and most dependent areas.
Appeal a mistake on a criminal record check certificate or appeal a decision on DBS's list of people who are barred from certain roles
Our Privacy Policy explains how we will use your personal data and outlines your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation.
DBS makes considered decisions about whether somebody should be barred from engaging in regulated activity.
To coincide with the launch of the Home Office Stop! Think Fraud campaign, the Disclosure & Barring Service is providing support to job seekers for a safer employment search.
As part of our commitment at DBS to provide a high standard of customer service, we welcome comments and suggestions as to how we can continuously improve.
This statutory guidance is designed to assist chief officers of police to provide the correct information for enhanced criminal record certificates.
Guidance for referred individuals including why they may have been referred and what happens next.
Contact the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) press office if you have a media enquiry or interview request.
Quarterly datasets showing statistics against internal performance standards. These apply to DBS checks, the Update Service, and disputes.
If there is a mistake on your DBS certificate, the forms and guidance explain what you need to do.
This Policy explains the rights you have as a user of DBS services and how we will fulfil our obligations under the GDPR.
A checklist for countersignatories to help applicants join the Update Service quickly and easily.
Form to be printed and completed by barring customers that would like someone else to act on their behalf.
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