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Question reference: S6W-25761

Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 26 February 2024
Current status: Answered by Natalie Don on 13 March 2024

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many disclosure checks have been processed by Disclosure Scotland in each year since 2016.

Answer

I have asked Gerard Hart, Chief Executive of Disclosure Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:

The following table details processed disclosure applications, by application type, from 2016 to 2023:

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Basic disclosure	1,509,827	1,718,798	348,404	260,633	226,152	295,200	275,546	257,145
Standard and enhanced disclosures	22,554	22,639	21,468	21,936	20,955	29,338	34,128	26,578
PVG scheme record	151,467	140,717	131,383	131,816	99,057	139,179	152,463	156,219
PVG scheme record update	132,513	143,788	143,853	149,187	113,441	144,549	150,063	145,550
Scheme membership statement	1,323	1,410	1,390	1,187	779	1,048	1,007	1,035
Scheme membership statement (countersigned)	895	951	911	791	663	941	1,166	1,515
Total	1,818,579	2,028,303	647,409	565,550	461,047	610,255	614,373	588,042

Note 1: A processed application incorporates all stages between an application being received and processed though to conclusion with a paper or digital certificate being issued.

Note 2: The decrease in the number of processed applications in 2018 reflects the delegation of English basic disclosures to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) from 2018 onwards.

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