Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of enhanced Criminal Records Bureau checks took longer than (a) 10, (b) 20, (c) 30, (d) 40, (e) 50, (f) 60, (g) 70, (h) 80, (i) 90, (j) 100, (k) 150, (l) 200 and (m) 300 working days to complete in each year since 2003; (260293)

The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) does not hold the information in the format requested.

The CRB operates to a set of published service standards (PSS) which include to issue 90 per cent. of standard disclosures within 10 days and 90 per cent. of enhanced disclosures within 28 days.

The figures showing how many and what percentage of enhanced disclosures were completed in 28 days or fewer and in more than 28 days in each financial year since 2004 are shown in the following table:

*Enhanced disclosures issued in 28 days or fewerEnhanced disclosures issued in more than 28 days*
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Total
2004-05	1,938,010	89.9	217,730	10.1	2,155,740
2005-06	2,073,621	84.4	383,276	15.6	2,456,897
2006-07	2,494,629	84.6	454,105	15.4	2,948,743
2007-08	2,828,768	93.4	199,892	6.6	3,028,660
2008-09	2,528,724	88.2	338,310	11.8	2,867,034

Information from before 2004 was not recorded in this format and therefore is. unavailable.

Volume 489: debated on Wednesday 11 March 2009