Guidance

Applicant's introduction to the decision-making process for enhanced criminal record checks

Guidance on how the police make the decision to include locally-held information on an enhanced DBS certificate.

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An applicant's introduction to the decision-making process for enhanced criminal record checks

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Guidance on how the police make the decision to include locally-held information on an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate.

Updates to this page

Published 14 November 2012
Last updated 25 March 2014 + show all updates
  1. Removed references to quality assurance framework (QAF)/stage 1 barring referrals. This is now withdrawn.

  2. Updated to the latest version. Includes information about filtering on criminal record checks.

  3. First published.

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