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Disclosure and Barring Service

First report 23 Sep 2020•Latest report 28 Feb 2024

Recipient record

Reports, concerns and published responses

Other public bodies · Executive non-departmental public body. This page brings together reports naming this recipient and response statements clearly connected to concerns raised in those reports.

Reports: 3
Published responses: 33%
Concerns addressed: 1
Stated actions: 1

Reports over time

Reports naming this recipient by issue year.

Evidence profile

Report topics

Share of this recipient’s reports compared with all other recipients.

33%published responses found

1stated actions described

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Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Disclosure and Barring Service linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

28 Feb2024
Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon
Concerns raised3
1. Lack of clarity about the CQC’s role in oversight of personal care packages
2. Failure to review the need for policies ensuring independent providers carry out contractual duties towards vulnerable individuals
3. Failure to acknowledge safeguarding referrals and communicate action taken
Responses linked to these concerns
Each statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.

No linked response statements
No action or position from this recipient is clearly linked to the concerns in this report.
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Adrian Stuart Green · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Adrian Stuart Green, aged 55, died at Torbay Hospital on 1 November 2021 from alcoholic liver disease after living at Whiteley Court, where he was supposed to receive assistance with medication, support and care, meals, and shopping. The inquest heard that he did not receive appropriate care or visits for several weeks and was found in squalid and unhygienic conditions in an almost unresponsive state. Concerns included whether the local authority had adequate policies for overseeing independent providers, the CQC’s role and jurisdiction, and the lack of acknowledgement or response to a Disclosure and Barring Service referral.

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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Disclosure and Barring Service; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Lack of clarity about the CQC’s role in oversight of personal care packages
Wider context from the report
“(2) ████████ gave evidence to the inquest that she believed that there was a role for the CQC here as she believed that Mr Green had been in receipt of a personal care package ”
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Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Disclosure and Barring Service; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to review the need for policies ensuring independent providers carry out contractual duties towards vulnerable individuals
Wider context from the report
“(1) Despite there being a safeguarding meeting following Mr. Green’s death on 22nd January 2022 there appeared to be no review of whether the local authority ought to have had policies in place to ensure that independent providers were adequately carrying out their contractual duties towards vulnerable individuals especially if the CQC were correct and there was no role for them in this case ”
Open source report
Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Disclosure and Barring Service; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to acknowledge safeguarding referrals and communicate action taken
Wider context from the report
“(3) ████████ made a referral to the Disclosure and Barring service in respect of the former manager’s actions and received no response as to what action if any the service were taking or an acknowledgement of her concerns . ”
Open source report
13 Feb2023
Inner North London
Concerns raised1
1. Failure of DBS certificates to accurately record relevant convictions
Responses linked to these concerns
Each statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.

No linked response statements
No action or position from this recipient is clearly linked to the concerns in this report.
AI-generated summary

Michael ROBERTS · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Michael Roberts died by suicide on the evening of 20 August 2022 after shooting himself with a gun taken from his workplace, where he had access to firearms. A DBS certificate recorded no convictions despite his past conviction for a violent offence, which had led to his dismissal as a police officer; the report states that he would not have been employed at Proof House if the conviction had been correctly recorded. It was unclear whether the inaccurate DBS certificate resulted from an error by the DBS or the MPS.

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Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Disclosure and Barring Service; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure of DBS certificates to accurately record relevant convictions
Wider context from the report
“Before he was employed as a proof assistant testing new guns, Mr Roberts’ prospective employer asked for a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) certificate. This was provided and recorded no convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings. However, Mr Roberts had in the past been convicted of a violent offence for which he had received a custodial sentence. This was the reason for his dismissal from his former occupation as a police officer in the MPS (Metropolitan Police Service). If Mr Roberts’ DBS certificate had correctly recorded his conviction, he would not have been employed at Proof House where he had access to firearms. It is unclear to me whether the inaccuracy of the DBS certificate was caused by an error made by the DBS or by the MPS. ”
Open source report
23 Sep2020
East London
Concerns raised1
1. Lack of a statutory procedure for checking criminal convictions outside the UK
Responses linked to these concerns
Each statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response 1
1. Action
  Publish advice on obtaining overseas criminal-record checks and link to relevant Home Office guidance on the DBS website.
  Stated completed
Respondent positions 3
1. Position
  Further statutory obligations concerning overseas criminal-record checks are matters for the Home Office and Parliament.
  Redirects responsibility
1. Position
  Reliable international data flows cannot be established because necessary agreements and cooperation with overseas law-enforcement agencies are unavailable.
  Unable to act
2. Position
  Existing statutory arrangements allow overseas criminality information to be disclosed, while employers can obtain further overseas checks as part of recruitment risk assessment.
  Existing arrangements considered sufficient
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Mrs Jane Jowers · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Mrs Jane Jowers, who had advanced Alzheimer’s dementia and was dependent on carers for medication, did not receive her anti-epileptic medication on 21 October 2018. She suffered a seizure the following day, was admitted to hospital, and her health deteriorated before she died in a hospice on 23 November 2018. The report raised concern that there was no statutory procedure for checking criminal convictions outside the UK, which may allow unsuitable people to work with vulnerable adults and children.

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Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Disclosure and Barring Service; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Lack of a statutory procedure for checking criminal convictions outside the UK
Wider context from the report
“The evidence at the Inquest revealed that there is no statutory procedure for checks to be undertaken for criminal convictions outside of the UK. The absence of statutory international checks may result in unsuitable persons with prior convictions working with vulnerable adults and children. ”
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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Publish advice on obtaining overseas criminal-record checks and link to relevant Home Office guidance on the DBS website.

Verbatim wording from the response
“Advice in this regard and reference to the appropriate Home Office guidance is published on the DBS website and is attached as Appendix A. The Home Office published guidance provides information as to how to apply to a number of countries, including the Republic of Ireland, for an overseas criminal records check. Home Office guidance is attached as Appendix B.”

Source location
2020-0180-Response-from-DBS-Redacted.pdf
Page 5 · response
Published 19 November 2020
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How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Further statutory obligations concerning overseas criminal-record checks are matters for the Home Office and Parliament.

Verbatim wording from the response
“In conclusion, under the existing statutory arrangements, there is provision to disclose criminality information from overseas on DBS certificates, but DBS has not considered the appropriateness or not of further statutory requirements and no further action is proposed. Consideration of further statutory obligations is a matter for the Home Office and Parliament. However, as I have explained above, there are considerable practicable limitations in gaining access to and sharing such information.”

Source location
2020-0180-Response-from-DBS-Redacted.pdf
Page 5 · response
Published 19 November 2020
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How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Reliable international data flows cannot be established because necessary agreements and cooperation with overseas law-enforcement agencies are unavailable.

Verbatim wording from the response
“There is no other international system available to DBS to identify overseas convictions. The DBS is not, therefore, aware of overseas criminality information unless it is passed from international law enforcement agencies to UK forces and recorded on their systems. DBS guidance for employers, therefore, sets out that DBS does not access overseas criminal records.”

Source location
2020-0180-Response-from-DBS-Redacted.pdf
Page 5 · response
Published 19 November 2020
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How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Existing statutory arrangements allow overseas criminality information to be disclosed, while employers can obtain further overseas checks as part of recruitment risk assessment.

Verbatim wording from the response
“The decision to carry out an overseas check is made by the employer and forms part of their risk assessment to be used in conjunction with their other pre-employment checks. DBS guidance states that the DBS check is only one component of an employer’s recruitment practices and the employer should decide on whether to obtain an overseas check on applicants who have lived or worked abroad, where there is not a statutory requirement to do so.”

Source location
2020-0180-Response-from-DBS-Redacted.pdf
Page 5 · response
Published 19 November 2020
Open published response

Information checked against published PFD reports and official responses · Data reviewed 7 Sep 2026 · About data quality and limitations

Data last updated 7 September 2026

Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Concerns raised3

Lack of clarity about the CQC’s role in oversight of personal care packages

Failure to review the need for policies ensuring independent providers carry out contractual duties towards vulnerable individuals

Failure to acknowledge safeguarding referrals and communicate action taken

Concerns raised1

Failure of DBS certificates to accurately record relevant convictions

Concerns raised1

Lack of a statutory procedure for checking criminal convictions outside the UK

Actions described in response An action is something this recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1

Respondent positions A position is what this recipient says about the concern when it does not describe a specific action.3

Actions described in response 1

Respondent positions 3