Disclosure and Barring Service
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions each year by processing and issuing DBS checks for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. DBS also maintains the Adults’ and Children’s Barred Lists, and makes considered decisions as to whether an individual should be included on one or both of these lists and barred from engaging in regulated activity.
Our disclosure teams carry out DBS checks (previously known as CRB, or criminal record checks).
There are four types of DBS check, and each type results in a DBS certificate being issued to an individual. Employers can then ask to see the certificate to ensure that they are recruiting suitable people into their organisation.
The four levels of DBS check are:
- Basic DBS check
- Standard DBS check
- Enhanced DBS check
- Enhanced with Barred List(s) DBS check
The information contained on each type of check is different.
Who to contact
- Contact Name
- DBS Customer Service
- Telephone
- 03000200190 03000200190
- customerservices@dbs.gov.uk
- Website
- https://www.gov.uk/.../about
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Where to go
- Name
- Disclosure and Barring Service
- Address
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PO Box 3963
Royal Wootton Bassett
- Postcode
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SN4 4HH
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