Speeches

Tim Loughton – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) CRB checks and (b) Disclosure and Barring Service checks have been carried out in each of the last 10 years.

Karen Bradley

The table below shows the total number of Standard and Enhanced certificates issued by the Disclosure and Barring Service over the last 10 years. The figures include applications for volunteer roles, which are processed free of charge.

Organisation

Financial Year

Standard & Enhanced Certificates Issued

CRB

2005/06

2,776,378

CRB

2006/07

3,278,031

CRB

2007/08

3,323,402

CRB

2008/09

3,856,583

CRB

2009/10

4,301,313

CRB

2010/11

4,312,533

CRB

2011/12

4,074,241

CRB (to Nov-12)

2012/13

2,842,832

DBS (from Dec-12)

2012/13

1,223,773

DBS

2013/14

3,948,733

DBS

2014/15

4,111,856