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The Disclosure and Barring Service publish police performance and average turnaround times quarterly with the latest information available up to and including June 2018.<\/p>

Average turnaround times for police disclosure units broken down by month and by force can be found here:<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbs-performance<\/a><\/p>

Police Force Disclosure Units must provide locally held information for inclusion on enhanced criminal record certificates in accordance with a statutory test set out in Part V of the Police Act 1997. This test requires that a chiefofficer believes the information to be relevant and that it ought to be disclosed. When considering information for disclosure, chief officers must also haveregard to statutory guidance available at:<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statutory-disclosure-guidance<\/a><\/p>

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The statutory guidance sits alongside operational guidance drawn up by the police service and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).<\/p>

This Quality Assurance Framework (QAF) can be found at the link below:<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/quality-assurance-framework-version-nine-qaf-v9<\/a><\/p>

The application of the Quality Assurance Framework by Police Force Disclosure Units is monitored by the DBS Standard and Compliance Unit to help ensure that a consistent high quality approach is taken by forces when they process DBS applications.<\/p>

DBS performance is measured against Published Service Standards which are detailed in the DBS Business Plan. These include:<\/p>