DBS certificates for overseas work
The Home Office should introduce legislation permitting the Disclosure and Barring Service to provide enhanced certificates to UK nationals and residents of England and Wales applying for: 1. work or volunteering with UK-based organisations, where the recruitment decision is taken outside the UK; or 2. work or volunteering with organisations based outside the UK, in each case where the work or volunteering would be a regulated activity if in the UK.
- In May 2023, the government stated that it accepted this recommendation and would consider introducing legislation for enhanced DBS certificates for overseas work, subject to the Bailey Review (Government Response to IICSA Final Report, HM Government, May 2023).
- No published legislation permitting the DBS to provide enhanced certificates for overseas work or volunteering with children as specified has been identified to March 2026.
How was this evidence gathered?
Response
Not Accepted
Response
Not AcceptedOn 21 January 2021, the Home Office stated that the UK government would continue to work with ACRO to publicise the existence of the International Child Protection Certificate, and to improve employers' understanding of the certificate and when it can be used. On 17 June 2021, the UK government stated that its position had not changed in relation to this recommendation. A second Inquiry recommendation on the geographical reach of the Disclosure and Barring Service scheme was made (see row 69).