The Disclosing and Barring Service (DBS) has announced that their fees are changing in December 2024 in order to meet the increased operational costs of delivering DBS’ Safeguarding service.
From Monday 2 December 2024 fees for DBS checks will change, as follows:
Update Service – £16 (per year)
Basic DBS check – £21.50
Standard DBS check – £21.50
Enhanced DBS check – £49.50
Enhanced DBS check with Barred List(s) – £49.50
All other DBS Checks, such as Adult First and Volunteer Checks have NOT changed. Full details of the DBS announcement can be found here.
Unfortunately, because DBS have increased the cost of Enhanced DBS checks by £11.50 from 2 December 2024, we have no alternative but to increase our charges by the same amount. Therefore, from 2 December 2024 the cost of our Enhanced DBS Check, including Barred List(s) Check, will increase from £55.96 to £67.46 for Members an increase of £11.50 and our charges for Non-Members will also increase by £11.50 to £78.98 for an Enhanced Check, matching the DBS service increase.