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Commons · Question 96625 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 16 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she has considered the merits of making it mandatory for DBS checks to be (a) single use and (b) job specific.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 16 Dec 2025

The Home Office does not place requirements on how DBS checks are used. It is for individual sectors to decide what, if anything, they want to mandate for their sectors