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Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKHome OfficeTabled Answered 16 December 2025UIN 96625

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she has considered the merits of making it mandatory for DBS checks to be (a) single use and (b) job specific.

Answered by Jess Phillips

The Home Office does not place requirements on how DBS checks are used. It is for individual sectors to decide what, if anything, they want to mandate for their sectors

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