The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland has guidance on the filtering process that applies to standard and enhanced checks in Northern Ireland on their website. Note – This information focuses on how the filtering process works in England and Wales This information sets out the filtering process incorporating the changes made by the government that came into effect on 28 November 2020.
This was in response to a Supreme Court ruling in 2019. In July 2020 the government announced plans to change the rules on what is disclosed on (and removed from) standard and enhanced criminal record checks issued by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). If an organisation currently holds information about your criminal record.Other information disclosed on enhanced DBS certificates.Find out whether your conviction/caution will be filtered.Recent changes to the criminal records disclosure regime.
