Vetting
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