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Guidance: Domestic violence disclosure scheme: guidance

Home Office

February 20
10:33 2023

Domestic violence disclosure scheme guidance

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This guidance provides information about:

  • checks to be completed
  • a set of minimum standards of information to be obtained from the applicant
  • suggested forms of wording for communicating outcomes at each stage of the disclosure scheme process
  • recommended minimum levels of knowledge and experience required by practitioners to discharge functions within the disclosure scheme effectively

The guidance was updated following a consultation on the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme guidance.

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Published 16 July 2012
Last updated 20 February 2023 +show all updates
  1. Updated guidance based on the results of the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme consultation.

  2. Updated guidance published.

  3. First published.

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