§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 1 September 2003,Official Report, column 961W. how many disclosures were issued each month; and what the average length of time was it took each month to issue them. [129438]
§ Paul Goggins[holding answer 11 September 2003]: The information requested is shown in the table:
Issued by month and average turnaround times Month Standard disclosures
issued
Enhanced disclosures
issued
Total disclosures
issued
Average turnaround
time
March 2002 22 20 42 1— April 2002 409 2,389 2,798 19.91 May 2002 2,070 17,376 19,446 25.57 June 2002 4,315 30,585 34,9000 33.91 July 2002 12,828 76,258 89,086 20.48 August 2002 14,116 96,925 110,411 26.22 September 2002 16,613 118,505 135,118 31.98 October 2002 22,620 159,226 181,846 30.25 November 2002 23,257 159,199 182,456 34.22 December 2002 22,347 148,707 171,054 34.29 January 2003 18,251 152,442 170,693 45.54 February 2003 20.816 142,330 163,146 40.45 March 2003 21,814 158,915 180,729 33.00 April 2003 19,700 140,259 159,959 22.03 May 2003 19,535 139,962 159,497 23.54 June 2003 23,644 152,538 176,007 25.39 July 2003 28,388 196,538 224,926 25.11 Total 270,745 1,891,369 2,162,114 29.49 1 No data The figures show the Criminal Records Bureau's steadily improving performance in recent months as regards turnaround times and output. The increase in July's turnaround time figure can be attributed to a surge in applications during the last two weeks in June in advance of the increase in fees taking effect.
The Criminal Records Bureau received approximately 50,000 more applications than its usual intake during this period. While this increase in applications temporarily 97W increased the turnaround times for applications, the Criminal Records Bureau has continued to meet its standard of service targets.