Disclosure Service - DBS

Update to ID checking guidelines

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The DBS have updated the ID checking guidelines to help organisations validate the identity of a DBS applicant.

 

The key updates are as follows:

  • Emphasis that organisations should consider the feasibility of digital ID checks of applicants
  • Strengthening of Option 3 – emphasising that the in-person checking of documents should be done prior to the first day of work in all but exceptional circumstances
  • Clarification of how to enter common name variations on the application form where those variations appear on identity documents
  • The validity of Benefit Statements has been extended from 3 months to 12 months

 

Full details of the ID Checking Guidelines for Standard/Enhanced DBS check applications from 22 April, 2025 can be found by following the link below.

 

DBS checking Guidelines from April, 2025