Vetting Mr. Ruffley To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (a) how many and (b) what percentage of record checks processed by the Criminal Records Bureau were completed (i) within (A) 10, (B) 14, (C) 25, (D) 60 and (ii) in over 60 days in each police force area in 2008-09. Mr. Coaker The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) operates to a set of published service standards (PSS) which are to issue 90 per cent. of standard disclosures within 10 days and 90 per cent. of enhanced disclosures within 28 days. The targets mentioned above are not CRB targets for completion of a disclosure but part of an internal service level agreement (SLA) in place between the CRB and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). This SLA has been agreed by ACPO on behalf of the 43 local police forces in England and Wales and the time taken by each force to complete their part of the enhanced disclosure process is measured against these targets. By meeting these targets the police forces directly affect the CRB's ability to meet the PSS for enhanced disclosures. The following table illustrates the number of checks completed by each police force in 10 days, 14 days, 25 days, 60 days and over 60 days during 2008-09. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Police force |No. |% |No. |% |No. |% |No. |% |No. |% |No. | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Avon and Somerset |73,190 |57.9|28,733 |22.7|10,657 |8.4 |13,521 |10.7|305 |0.2 |126,406 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bedfordshire |50,202 |97.5|802 |1.6 |425 |0.8 |64 |0.1 |0 |0.0 |51,493 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |British Transport Police |4,645 |15.0|9,745 |31.5|14,007 |45.3|2,517 |8.1 |33 |0.1 |30,947 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cambridgeshire |39,848 |58.2|1,775 |2.6 |1,190 |1.7 |21,384 |31.2|4,321 |6.3 |68,518 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cheshire |21,901 |26.9|22,406 |27.5|18,114 |22.2|16,220 |19.9|2,811 |3.5 |81,452 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |City of London |2,025 |55.0|119 |3 9 |280 |7.6 |1,010 |27.5|245 |6.7 |3,679 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cleveland |29,634 |74.6|511 |1.3 |1,629 |4.1 |7,471 |18.8|499 |1.3 |39,744 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cumbria |23,329 |64.9|7,405 |20.6|4,738 |13.2|455 |1.3 |5 |0.0 |35,932 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Derbyshire |10,712 |13.7|6,335 |8.1 |47,965 |61.3|10,376 |13.3|2,862 |3.7 |78,250 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Devon and Cornwall |118,346 |86.3|13,644 |10.0|3,293 |2.4 |1,432 |1.0 |377 |0.3 |137,092 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dorset |55,815 |93.3|3,715 |6.2 |160 |0.3 |98 |0.2 |23 |0.0 |59,811 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Durham |40,010 |88.3|1,300 |2.9 |2,579 |5.7 |1,199 |2.6 |248 |0.5 |45,336 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dyfed-Powys |36,527 |85.7|4,909 |11.5|1,027 |2.4 |176 |0.4 |3 |0.0 |42,642 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Essex |91,464 |72.2|8,796 |6.9 |12,257 |9.7 |12,232 |9.7 |1,900 |1.5 |126,649 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gloucester |41,280 |86.4|2,143 |4.5 |1,875 |3.9 |580 |1.2 |1,907 |4.0 |47,785 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Greater Manchester |151,002 |68.4|16,140 |7.3 |18,320 |8.3 |20,054 |9.1 |15,373 |7.0 |220,889 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Guernsey |561 |48.0|462 |39.6|115 |9.8 |29 |2.5 |1 |0.1 |1,168 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gwent |26,399 |67.6|3,559 |9.1 |4,046 |10.4|4,575 |11.7|456 |1.2 |39,035 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hampshire |112,088 |72.3|1,767 |1.1 |5,078 |3.3 |32,565 |21.0|3,552 |2.3 |155,050 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hertfordshire |79,706 |87.4|5,754 |6.3 |4,199 |4.6 |1,406 |1.5 |136 |0.1 |91,201 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Humberside |6,467 |10.0|463 |0.7 |7,523 |11.7|36,902 |57.3|13,033 |20.2|64,388 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Isle of Man |101 |6.4 |14 |0.9 |285 |18.0|1,143 |72.0|44 |2.8 |1,587 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Jersey |146 |8.1 |8 |0.4 |342 |19.1|1,240 |69.1|59 |3.3 |1,795 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kent |80,997 |63.2|23,443 |18.3|15,950 |12.4|6,290 |4.9 |1,458 |1.1 |128,138 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lancashire |105,631 |88.3|8,010 |6.7 |4,720 |3.9 |1,272 |1.1 |14 |0.0 |119,647 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire |45,668 |56.4|6,099 |7.5 |9,834 |12.1|5,289 |6.5 |14,148 |17.5|81,038 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lincolnshire |46,184 |56.2|3,078 |3.7 |5,024 |6.1 |27,172 |33.0|790 |1.0 |82,248 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Merseyside |93,307 |77.5|5,237 |4.4 |14,961 |12.4|6,587 |5.5 |245 |0.2 |120,337 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Metropolitan |221,050 |36.0|48,262 |7.9 |65,958 |10.8|152,762|24.9|125,294|20.4|613,326 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Norfolk |40,924 |64.3|8,507 |13.4|7,112 |11.2|5,145 |8.1 |1,990 |3.1 |63,678 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Wales |46,169 |75.3|2,889 |4.7 |5,035 |8.2 |6,001 |9.8 |1,247 |2.0 |61,341 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Yorkshire |27,015 |36.5|14,130 |19.1|24,189 |32.6|8,774 |11.8|3 |0.0 |74,111 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northamptonshire |45,392 |80.2|5,308 |9.4 |5,256 |9.3 |586 |1.0 |23 |0.0 |56,565 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northumbria |72,802 |70.3|7,281 |7.0 |13,236 |12.8|6,318 |6.1 |3,871 |3.7 |103,508 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nottinghamshire |46,436 |60.5|19,744 |25.7|7,941 |10.3|1,913 |2.5 |708 |0.9 |76,742 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |PSNI |13,421 |98.0|43 |0.3 |117 |0.9 |109 |0.8 |3 |0.0 |13,693 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Wales |78,374 |85.6|3,512 |3.8 |1,647 |1.8 |3,761 |4.1 |4,239 |4.6 |91,533 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Yorkshire |62,443 |69.0|7,951 |8.8 |2,114 |2.3 |6,041 |6.7 |11,957 |13.2|90,506 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Staffordshire |23,575 |29.0|18,535 |22.8|13,972 |17.2|7,704 |9.5 |17,616 |21.6|81,402 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Suffolk |16,247 |31.9|3,949 |7.8 |13,404 |26.3|13,476 |26.5|3,821 |7.5 |50,897 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Surrey |74,046 |72.5|9,299 |9.1 |8,650 |8.5 |5,578 |5.5 |4,500 |4.4 |102,073 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sussex |65,760 |51.8|29,087 |22.9|27,519 |21.7|4,549 |3.6 |8 |0.0 |126,923 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Thames Valley |38,595 |20.4|18,924 |10.0|37,864 |20.0|78,487 |41.5|15,213 |8.0 |189,083 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Warwickshire |36,006 |89.7|1,523 |3.8 |1,456 |3.6 |1,115 |2.8 |22 |0.1 |40,122 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Mercia |87,990 |84.8|7,034 |6.8 |6,680 |6.4 |1,834 |1.8 |195 |0.2 |103,733 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |85,224 |38.2|35,247 |15.8|64,367 |28.9|14,248 |6.4 |23,752 |10.7|222,838 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Yorkshire |81,315 |49.6|16,057 |9.8 |29,465 |18.0|36,932 |22.5|147 |0.1 |163,916 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wiltshire |37,242 |72.1|2,246 |4.3 |408 |0.8 |3,479 |6.7 |8,289 |16.0|51,664 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |MOD and PGA |2,121 |95.4|56 |2.5 |35 |1.6 |11 |0.5 |0 |0.0 |2,223 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Military Police |12,698 |91.2|379 |2.7 |457 |3.3 |268 |1.9 |127 |0.9 |13,929 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency|23 |44.2|5 |9.6 |8 |15.4|10 |19.2|6 |11.5|52 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |UK Central Authority |29 |93.5|2 |6.5 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |31 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Central |892 |47.2|300 |15.9|333 |17.6|351 |18.6|14 |0.7 |1,890 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dumfries and Galloway |991 |43.3|355 |15.5|460 |20.1|466 |20.3|19 |0.8 |2,291 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Fife |1,114 |44.9|370 |14.9|469 |18.9|504 |20.3|25 |1.0 |2,482 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Grampian |1,902 |44.1|595 |13.8|880 |20.4|893 |20.7|42 |1.0 |4,312 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lothian and Borders |4,173 |46.4|1,343 |14.9|1,709 |19.0|1,714 |19.1|48 |0.5 |8,987 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northern |1,183 |46.4|366 |14.3|435 |17.1|447 |17.5|120 |4.7 |2,551 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scottish Criminal Records Office|739 |43.7|256 |15.1|303 |17.9|349 |20.6|45 |2.7 |1,692 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Strathclyde |6,053 |45.5|1,965 |14.8|2,412 |18.1|2,759 |20.7|127 |1.0 |13,316 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tayside |1,495 |42.6|493 |14.0|639 |18.2|745 |21.2|138 |3.9 |3,510 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2,620,624|— |452,385|— |555,123|— |600,588|— |288,457|— |4,517,177| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------