The new criminal records checks organisation Disclosure Scotland says it is processing applications for the enhanced level of check within an average of two to three days. This is a far cry from the situation south of the border, where the Home Office admitted last month that the Criminal Records Bureau had built up a backlog of 50,000 enhanced check applications.
Brian Gorman, Dislosure Scotland manager, said, 'We have no backlog. Our service level agreement is that we'll turn around 90 per cent of disclosures within ten working days. If an applicant has an address history in England or Wales, or anything that indicates it might be worthwhile looking for additional information, we seek information from the English and Welsh police forces, who are responding to us well within the time-frame. We don't go through the Criminal Records Bureau, as we are doing the same job as them, but for Scotland.'
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