FOI 11324-25 Enhanced DBS applications
Request:
Number of Enhanced DBS applications received for processing at Stage 4 in each of March, April, May 2025
Number of enhanced DBS applications processed at Stage 4 in each of March, April, May 2025
Average number of calendar days to process Enhanced DBS checks at stage 4 received in each of Jan, Feb, March & April 2025
Total Number of enhanced DBS applications awaiting processing (ie the total Backlog) at 13th May 2025
Number of FTE colleagues assigned to the processing of Enhanced DBS checks at 13th May 2025
Response:
March=6057, April=5889, May=6428 March=5814, April=6010, May=5393
On 31st January our 4 week average of days to close a DBS check was: 13.24 days
On 28th February: This figure was not available from DBS between 1st Feb and 31st March due to their change to a new data system
On 31st March our 4 week average of days to close a DBS check was: Not available, however figure for 1st April was 17.66 days.
On 30th April our 4 week average of days to close a DBS check was: 14.51 days 5175
17.85FTE (2 of these were in training)
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