Tulip Siddiq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-01-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for Disclosure and Barring Service checks (a) nationally, (b) in London and (c) in Hampstead and Kilburn constituency met each of the service’s published service standards for waiting times in each year since 2012.
Karen Bradley
The following tables shows the proportion of applications for DBS checks that met the Published Service Standards for waiting times nationally and for applications received from people residing in London postcodes in each year since December 2012:
Table 1: All applications nationally
|
Period |
Total Apps Despatched |
21 Calendar Day Target |
21 Day Achievement |
56 Calendar Day Target |
56 Day Achievement |
|
Dec-12 to Mar-13 |
1,223,773 |
85% |
89.4% |
95% |
99.1% |
|
Apr-13 to Mar-14 |
3,948,733 |
85% |
85.2% |
95% |
97.4% |
|
Apr-14 to Mar-15 |
4,111,856 |
85% |
85.3% |
95% |
95.1% |
|
Apr-15 to Nov-15 |
2,911,934 |
85% |
86.5% |
95% |
94.9% |
Table 2: Applications from London postcodes
|
Period |
Total Apps Despatched |
21 Calendar Day Target |
21 Day Achievement |
56 Calendar Day Target |
56 Day Achievement |
|
Dec-12 to Mar-13 |
124,908 |
85% |
83.4% |
95% |
98.7% |
|
Apr-13 to Mar-14 |
398,168 |
85% |
80.2% |
95% |
95.9% |
|
Apr-14 to Mar-15 |
420,783 |
85% |
81.8% |
95% |
89.0% |
|
Apr-15 to Nov-15 |
293,549 |
85% |
84.1% |
95% |
86.8% |
It is not possible to provide the figure for applications from Hampstead and Kilburn constituency as this information is not collected.
