{"id":45683,"date":"2014-07-28T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=354b30ec9b759ee7c5b162c4397b74ae"},"modified":"2018-09-21T16:17:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T16:17:40","slug":"news-story-use-the-dbs-website-to-answer-your-query","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=45683","title":{"rendered":"News story: Use GOV.UK to answer your queries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Email addresses updated in line with recent changes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Checking our website will give you an instant answer to a number of queries, and this information is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.<\/p>\n<p>Your most common queries include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>What is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/disclosure-barring-service-check\/overview\">DBS application process<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Where is my DBS application? Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/track-a-dbs-application\">tracking page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>What does each <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/dbs-check-requests-guidance-for-employers#stages-of-the-dbs-checking-process\">stage of the DBS checking process<\/a> mean?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>How do I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/dbs-update-service-applicant-guide\">join the update service<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>How do I find out more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/dbs-update-service\">update service<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Am I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/dbs-eligibility-guidance\">eligible for a standard or enhanced DBS check<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>How do I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/making-barring-referrals-to-the-dbs\">refer a person to DBS<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/dbs-filtering-guidance\">offences will be filtered<\/a> from a DBS check?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you need more help after checking our website, you can call the DBS helpline on 03000 200 190 or email <a href=\"mailto:customerservices@dbs.gov.uk\">customerservices@dbs.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DBS website holds a lot of information that can be used to answer a number of queries, relating to DBS products and services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45683"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95914,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45683\/revisions\/95914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}