Disclosure and Barring Service

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Disclosure and Barring Service

Agency overview
Formed	1 December 2012[1]
Preceding agencies	Independent Safeguarding Authority Criminal Records Bureau
Agency executive	Eric Robinson, Chief Executive
Website	www.gov.uk/dbs

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is a non-departmental public body of the Home Office of the United Kingdom. The DBS enables organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors to make safer recruitment decisions by identifying candidates who may be unsuitable for certain work, especially involving children or vulnerable adults, and provides wider access to criminal record information through its disclosure service for England and Wales.^[2]