New relief for DBS check fees

Limited tax relief will be available from June for workers whose employer pays or reimburses the charge for subscribing to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) update service, and for criminal records certificates.

The government expects the measure to affect up to 11.4m employees in the first five years of the DBS update service, which is to replace the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority.