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Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (a) how many and (b) what percentage of record checks processed by the Criminal Records Bureau were completed within (i) 10, (ii) 14, (iii) 25, (iv) 60 and (v) over 60 days in each year since 2002, broken down by police force area. [205118]

Jacqui Smith: The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) operates to a set of public service standards which are to issue 90 per cent. of standard disclosures within 10 days and 90 per cent. of enhanced disclosures within 28 days.

The targets mentioned above are not CRB targets for completion of a disclosure but part of an internal service level agreement (SLA) in place between the CRB and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). This SLA has been agreed by ACPO on behalf of the 43 local police forces in England and Wales and the time taken by each force to complete their part of the enhanced disclosure process is measured against these targets. By meeting these targets the police forces directly affect the CRB’s ability to meet the public service standard for enhanced disclosures.

The following table illustrates the number of checks completed by each police force in 10 days, 14 days, 25 days, 60 days and over 60 days during 2006-07 and 2007-08.

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	2006-07					2007-08
Force name	10 days	14 days	25 days	60 days	Over 60 days	10 days	14 days	25 days	60 days( 1)	Over 60 days
Avon and Somerset	43,879	93,111	108,469	111,271	0	85,959	107,420	120,003	112,050	0
Bedfordshire	47,440	48,129	48,483	48,547	0	47,490	48,409	48,846	45,003	0
British Transport Police	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	26,103	27,481	27,747	25,225	0
Cambridgeshire	25,824	32,216	49,424	62,271	0	18,034	32,199	43,180	58,902	0
Cheshire	8,030	11,564	43,819	71,017	0	10,859	16,482	40,738	67,775	769
City of London	1,382	1,723	2,028	2,169	0	2,047	2,134	2,351	2,625	0
Cleveland	15,405	23,703	35,079	37,483	0	14,387	24,944	33,190	36,899	0
Cumbria	6,575	10,040	14,349	24,828	4,053	14,791	23,041	30,447	29,242	0
Derbyshire	18,760	26,516	35,059	54,099	4,146	43,581	53,789	63,989	61,897	0
Devon and Cornwall	45,797	68,380	105,171	117,227	0	113,909	121,696	125,271	119,995	0
Disclosure Scotland	26,815	28,925	30,249	31,511	0	31,037	33,415	34,974	34,310	0
Dorset	46,930	53,506	54,681	54,946	0	47,649	53,169	56,463	52,599	0
Durham	7,157	12,375	31,851	39,869	0	35,208	36,662	39,574	39,102	0
Dyfed-Powys	33,222	35,083	35,261	35,404	0	39,832	40,549	40,715	37,400	0
Essex	61,369	85,999	102,264	111,256	0	49,830	64,662	84,036	107,281	0
Gloucester	13,597	21,993	31,125	37,304	0	14,720	20,887	29,777	36,795	0
Greater Manchester	68,327	93,987	126,424	184,819	0	45,263	80,962	136,666	145,946	24,662
Gwent	8,824	17,202	24,858	30,437	593	26,235	30,862	34,873	34,912	0
Hampshire	78,786	99,644	120,398	133,172	0	131,098	135,087	142,324	139,304	0
Hertfordshire	33,459	49,524	81,527	84,445	0	76,481	83,461	86,849	80,105	0
Humberside	9,273	24,601	50,376	58,215	0	13,588	23,991	29,055	46,592	6,953
Kent	59,155	94174	111,094	113,222	0	30,706	55,483	99,596	108,555	0
Lancashire	33,841	45,900	87,983	104,249	0	105,668	109,634	111,814	103,871	0
Leicestershire	22,446	32,375	45,558	58,299	1,459	42,165	47,216	53,172	58,054	2,191
Lincolnshire	50,830	56,430	59,698	67,801	0	44,892	51,405	55,102	62,732	0
Merseyside	34,190	68,775	104,184	111,844	0	48,159	62,800	96,784	106,086	0
Metropolitan	286,186	325,447	393,839	540,931	19,344	435,609	504,979	593,919	570,469	0
Norfolk	7,505	12,020	27,460	55,483	0	29,751	35,841	51,891	54,207	0
North Wales	806	2,937	29,325	50,502	0	34,766	42,740	50,801	51,467	0
North Yorkshire	58,458	60,175	60,765	60,897	0	39,593	56,089	68,958	66,953	0
Northamptonshire	47,859	50,245	50,876	51,144	0	28,066	41,371	51,600	48,146	0
Northumbria	31,168	60,539	72,251	84,925	818	54,475	67,766	76,426	84,735	6,220
Nottinghamshire	7,412	14,555	35,382	64,849	0	59,897	68,168	70,312	65,498	0
Police Service Northern Ireland	9,459	9,467	9,469	9,477	0	12,188	12,237	12,370	11,691	0
South Wales	19,522	35,793	54,663	75,119	0	63,949	77,581	80,105	76,668	0
South Yorkshire	6,448	16,914	59,988	79,445	0	32,993	64,689	82,056	81,453	0
Staffordshire	21,235	31,633	38,614	60,007	8,301	26,701	35,020	60,733	68,841	0
Suffolk	31,190	35,802	40,470	42,171	1,169	1,911	9,998	30,110	42,709	0
Surrey	30,111	40,229	64,876	86,852	0	41,302	57,331	79,640	83,233	0
Sussex	9,635	19,905	48,482	109,517	0	97,642	109,699	124,141	116,701	0
Thames Valley	12,388	27,922	103,885	155,692	0	126,558	146,380	168,776	164,802	0
Warwickshire	20,285	27,982	35,431	36,030	0	30,029	34,285	38,144	35,899	0
West Mercia	88,213	89,059	90,072	90,835	0	76,808	85,095	93,350	90,527	0
West Midlands	133,738	155,036	168,954	183,927	0	151,815	158,882	161,488	169,480	0
West Yorkshire	30,124	65,927	115,026	149,488	0	78,169	110,032	135,273	141,926	0
Wiltshire	27,143	32,615	40,921	45,995	0	39,355	41,974	47,827	47,249	0
(1) The 60 day achievement for 2007-08 is an eleven-month calculation (April 2007-February 2008) as the calculation for the March 2008 achievement cannot be made until 60 days have elapsed since month-end.

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