- Reference: 2018/2079
- Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
- Meeting date: 13 September 2018
In response to Question 2018/1734 in July, you told me that "Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) performance on Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks has improved immensely". Can you confirm, as exposed by the Sunday Times on 19 August 2018, that in the last six months of 2016, senior Metropolitan police officers decided to temporarily relax the vetting system after being criticised for delays? If so, how many cases were closed under this relaxed system and how can you assure members of the public that performance has not just improved by undertaking incredibly alarming shortcuts?
