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<p>The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) provides a formal monthly performance
report to the Home Office and Home Office Ministers. This includes updates on the
performance of police forces in meeting the Service Level Agreement (SLA) standards
for the time taken to complete local disclosure checks.</p><p>The DBS monitors the
performance of all police disclosure units and works closely with any force, including
the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) which is having difficulty in meeting its targets.
An MPS Gold Group is overseeing the recovery plan in place at the MPS. London Boroughs
do not operate their own disclosure units.</p><p>The number of applications to the
Disclosure and Barring Service from people living in Greenwich and Woolwich constituency
that have taken more than 60 days to process in each of the last 12 months is listed
in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Total Disclosures
Issued to Applicants from the Constituency of Greenwich and Woolwich</p></td><td><p>Disclosures
that took longer than 60 days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015 – January 2016</p></td><td><p>11,446</p></td><td><p>1,688</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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