Speeches

Steve Reed – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Reed on 2016-05-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average waiting time is for the completion of pre-employment checks by the Disclosure and Barring Service in (a) England and Wales and (b) London.

Karen Bradley

Performance data relating to April 2016 for the average time taken by the Disclosure and Barring Service to complete Standard and Enhanced applications is listed in the following table.

(a) Based upon applicants living in England or Wales:

Month

Average Turnaround Time in Days

Apr-16

16

(b) Based upon applicants living in London:

Month

Average Turnaround Time in Days

Apr-16

28