DBS Registered Bodies De-Registered Within the Last Six Months

The Disclosure and Barring Service produced this dataset for a Freedom of Information request. It lists DBS Registered Bodies who have been de-registered within the last six months, including name, address, and volume of application. The dataset was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Analyze deregistration trends based on the six-month time window mentioned in the description
• Map the geographic distribution of deregistered bodies based on address data
• Assess the scale of deregistration activity based on the volume of application field

Strengths

• Data is produced by the authoritative source, The Disclosure and Barring Service.
• The dataset has a specific temporal scope: de-registrations within the last six months.
• It is released under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-07-08).

Provenance

Source

The Disclosure and Barring Service

Collection Method

Produced for an FOI request.

Time Range

De-registrations within the last six months from the dataset's creation date.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:08.850711.

Geography

United Kingdom