https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/criminal-checks

London criminal check delays a 'great concern' as jobs lost
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/criminal-checks

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London criminal check delays a 'great concern' as jobs lost

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/criminal-checks
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2016-12-21T10:58:26.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-12-21T11:06:57.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-17T13:08:06.688Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: crime, dbs, police
• Homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38265255
• Size: 96.7 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# London criminal check delays a 'great concern' as jobs lost

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BBC-Data-Unit/criminal-checks/master/Time%20taken%20for%20a%20DBS%20check%20by%20the%20Metropolitan%20Police.png)

In December 2016 Josephine McDermott [reported](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38265255) concerns over the speed at which mandatory criminal checks were being completed by the Metropolitan Police. Analysis was done by the data unit.

## Visualisation

* Line chart: Time taken for a DBS check by the Metropolitan Police

* Multiple bar chart: Where it takes the longest to process DBS checks

## Data

* Google sheet: [Average turnaround times for DBS checks April to October 2016](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zj2-Ruhs-XTebpYxjt7fZ0_tUWDuZXab5Kmim8fU9-4/edit#gid=0)

* CSV: [Average turnaround times for DBS checks April to October 2016](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/criminal-checks/blob/master/Average%20turnaround%20times%20for%20DBS%20checks%20April%20to%20October%202016%20-%20Sheet1.csv)

* Government statistics: [DBS checks: police performance summary](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbs-performance)