Update Service - Registration

So that you don't have to apply for a new DBS check each year, we recommend that you join the DBS Update Service. This service keeps your DBS certificate up to date, which means that when we need to recheck your DBS status, we can carry out a quick, online status check to see if anything has changed on your certificate.  This has the following benefits:

• Applicants can keep their DBS certificates up to date
• Employers can check a DBS certificate online
• An applicant's certificate and clearance are renewed every 12 months, provided your circumstances haven’t changed (you may opt out of this if you wish)

Applicants can register for the Update Service once your certificate has been issued and an email with instruction on how to do this is sent once a result of a check has been produced by the DBS.

Applicants in a Paid role, are required to pay for the Update Service and the fee is £16 a year (payable by debit card or credit card only and is made directly to the DBS).

If you have an existing Update Service Registration, the ECB DBS Team can help you add a new certificate for the annual renewal recheck.

Applicants will have 30 days to register for the Update Service from date of certificate being issued, and this can not be completed after this window has closed.

Please note that if you are not registered to the DBS Update Service, your issued certificate will only the statutory clearance period of 12 months from date of issue and a new application will be required to clear for Regulated Activity beyond this expiry date. 

For Volunteers there is no fee for a new application. For Paid applicants the standard application fee of £49.50 will apply.

For further details on the DBS Update Service please use the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service