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Vetting: Sussex

Commons · Question 23080 · Tabled 9 Jan 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 17 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by James MacCleary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the average processing time for Disclosure and Barring Service checks conducted through Sussex Police.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 17 Jan 2025

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent from the Home Office. Accordingly, the Home Office does not hold the information requested on the average processing time for DBS checks conducted through Sussex Police.My officials hav...