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This statutory guidance is designed to assist chief officers of police to provide the correct information for enhanced criminal record certificates.
How to make representations to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) when you are being considered for barring.
Guidance on how the police make the decision to include locally-held information on an enhanced DBS certificate.
This privacy notice covers personal data collected during the recruitment, security clearance and on-boarding process.
Guidelines for DBS check applicants who don't have a straightforward address.
The barring decision-making process at DBS, including information about barring appeals and reviews.
Changes to the filtering rules that came in to force on October 28 2023, the following page explains the potential impact on DBS customers
Case law from challenges to the disclosure of information under Part V of the Police Act 1997.
The process for making representations to the Chief Officer, regarding information that may be released on a DBS certificate.
The Disclosure and Barring Service has developed a multiple status check facility for employers.
In certain circumstances you have a right to have personal data held about you erased. This is known as the right to erasure.
A collection of guidance and case studies to help you decide whether an applicant can apply for a home-based position DBS check.
A table of rehabilitation periods for the most common sentences and disposals applied to checks processed until 27 October 2023, and example scenarios.
These documents inform organisations of the technical specifications for e-bulk logical business messages.
Guidance notes on how to complete the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) countersignatory application form.
A video showing what information we need as part of a barring referral and why this is important.
This list outlines the most recent common errors made on the DBS application form and what you should do to avoid them.
Guidance notes on how to register your organisation with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and nominate a lead countersignatory.
A regularly updated list of answers to frequently asked questions related to DBS and coronavirus.
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