Question reference: S6W-25762
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 26 February 2024
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Current status: Answered by Natalie Don on 13 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the average length of time between a disclosure check application being received by Disclosure Scotland and the provision of disclosure information was 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 average number of days to process disclosure applications, by application type, from 2016 to 2023:
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
Basic disclosure | 4.0 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 5.9 |
Standard and enhanced disclosures | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 7.4 |
PVG scheme record | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 8.4 |
PVG scheme record update | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 8.5 |
PVG scheme membership statement | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 9.4 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
PVG scheme membership statement (countersigned) | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
Total | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 7.3 |