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How employers or organisations can request criminal records checks on potential employees from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Overview

An employer may request a criminal records check processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as part of its recruitment process.

For certain roles the check will also include information held on the DBS’s children and adults barred lists, together with any information held locally by police forces that is reasonably considered to be relevant to the applied for post.

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