Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether additional resources will be made available to support quick Disclosure and Barring Service checks for people volunteering to support the response to the covid-19 outbreak.

As part of the Government’s emergency planning for Covid-19 the Home Office are working closely with Disclosure and Barring Service and Department of Health and Social Care and Education officials. Information about checks for people supporting the response and people volunteering can be found in the links below.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-free-of-charge-dbs-applications-and-fast-track-barred-list-check-service

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safeguarding-factsheet-community-volunteers-during-covid-19-outbreak