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Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Checks were replaced by Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks in 2012. DBS checks include information from the Police National Computer (PNC) and enhanced DBS checks can also include local police information.
Not guilty findings no longer show up on standard DBS checks but may show up on an enhanced check if the police believe the information is relevant to the role.
Quashed convictions are typically not listed on standard background checks such as CRB or Police Checks, as they are considered legally invalid and treated as if they never happened. However, it is advisable to disclose the quashed conviction if asked directly.
Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Checks were replaced by Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks in 2012. A community resolution will not show up on a basic criminal record check or a standard DBS check but it may show up on an enhanced DBS check if the police reasonably believe the information is relevant.
A caution will usually show up on a Standard and Enhanced DBS check in the UK, but not on a Basic DBS check. It will typically be disclosed for a certain period of time, after which it may be filtered from the results.
DBS checks replaced CRB checks in 2012. Cautions that have not been filtered will show up on standard and enhanced DBS checks. A caution will be filtered as long as it is not on the 'list of offences never to be filtered' and 6 years have passed (2 years if you were under 18 when you received the caution). On enhanced DBS checks, a filtered caution may still show if the police believe it is relevant to a recruitment decision.
Convictions that resulted in custodial sentences will always show up on a DBS check (DBS checks replaced CRB checks in 2012).
CRB checks were replaced by DBS checks in 2012. Cautions for offences included on the 'DBS list of offences never to be filtered from a criminal record check' will show in the PNC section of DBS check forever. If the caution is not on that list, it will stop showing up in the PNC section after 6 years from the date of cautions (2 years if under 18 at time of caution). On an enhanced DBS check, the police can include any intelligence they hold if they believe it is relevant to a recruitment decision.
Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Checks were replaced by Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks in 2012. The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10, any criminal offences from that age onwards may show on a DBS check.
CRB checks were replaced by DBS checks in 2012. Cautions given to under 18s will come off a DBS check after 2 years, unless the offense is on the prescribed list of offenses never to be filtered from a DBS certificate in which case it will show up forever.
Yes, a fraud allegation can show on an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if the allegation resulted in a criminal conviction or is listed on police records. The police will disclose relevant information that they hold on an individual which may include fraud allegations.
A police caution can show on a standard/enhanced DBS check, depending on the nature of the caution and how long ago it was issued. It will generally be disclosed for 6 years after the date of the caution.