Disclosure and Barring Service
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The Disclosure and Barring Service is a UK public body that conducts criminal record and background checks to help employers make safer recruitment decisions, particularly for roles involving children and vulnerable adults.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T826606 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Disclosure and Barring Service Context triple: [UK Home Office, oversees, Disclosure and Barring Service]
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A.
Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales)
The Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales) is a government body that protects people who lack mental capacity by overseeing deputies and lasting powers of attorney and maintaining related public registers.
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B.
Parole Board for England and Wales
The Parole Board for England and Wales is an independent body that assesses whether certain prisoners can be safely released back into the community.
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C.
Crown Prosecution Service
The Crown Prosecution Service is the principal public agency in England and Wales responsible for prosecuting criminal cases investigated by the police and other authorities.
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D.
Commission for Confidential Matters
The Commission for Confidential Matters is a specialized body within the Roman Curia responsible for handling sensitive and secret affairs of the Holy See.
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E.
HM Prison and Probation Service
HM Prison and Probation Service is the executive agency responsible for managing prisons and probation services in England and Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Disclosure and Barring Service Target entity description: The Disclosure and Barring Service is a UK public body that conducts criminal record and background checks to help employers make safer recruitment decisions, particularly for roles involving children and vulnerable adults.
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A.
Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales)
The Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales) is a government body that protects people who lack mental capacity by overseeing deputies and lasting powers of attorney and maintaining related public registers.
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B.
Parole Board for England and Wales
The Parole Board for England and Wales is an independent body that assesses whether certain prisoners can be safely released back into the community.
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C.
Crown Prosecution Service
The Crown Prosecution Service is the principal public agency in England and Wales responsible for prosecuting criminal cases investigated by the police and other authorities.
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D.
Commission for Confidential Matters
The Commission for Confidential Matters is a specialized body within the Roman Curia responsible for handling sensitive and secret affairs of the Holy See.
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E.
HM Prison and Probation Service
HM Prison and Probation Service is the executive agency responsible for managing prisons and probation services in England and Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-departmental public body
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public body ⓘ |
| abbreviation | DBS ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
criminal records
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safeguarding law ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decisionType | whether to place individuals on barred lists ⓘ |
| doesNotCover |
Northern Ireland
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Scotland ⓘ |
| employerRequirement |
DBS checks for regulated activity with adults
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DBS checks for regulated activity with children ⓘ |
| focus |
safeguarding children
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safeguarding vulnerable adults ⓘ |
| formedByMergerOf |
Criminal Records Bureau
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Independent Safeguarding Authority ⓘ |
| formerlyKnownAs |
Criminal Records Bureau and Independent Safeguarding Authority (combined functions)
ⓘ
linked to:
Disclosure and Barring Service
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| headquartersLocation |
Darlington
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Liverpool ⓘ |
| industry |
background screening
ⓘ
public safety ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England
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Wales ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
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Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 ⓘ |
| monitors | individuals who may pose a risk to vulnerable groups ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
England
ⓘ
Wales ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Home Office ⓘ |
| purpose |
to help employers make safer recruitment decisions
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to prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups ⓘ |
| region | England and Wales ⓘ |
| regulates |
barred lists for working with adults
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barred lists for working with children ⓘ |
| replaced |
Criminal Records Bureau
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Independent Safeguarding Authority ⓘ |
| serviceProvided |
DBS certificates
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background checks ⓘ barring decisions ⓘ criminal record checks ⓘ |
| typeOfCheck |
basic DBS check
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enhanced DBS check ⓘ enhanced DBS check with barred list ⓘ standard DBS check ⓘ |
| website | https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service ⓘ |
| worksWith |
employers
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registered bodies ⓘ volunteer organisations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Disclosure and Barring Service Description of subject: The Disclosure and Barring Service is a UK public body that conducts criminal record and background checks to help employers make safer recruitment decisions, particularly for roles involving children and vulnerable adults.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office
Disclosure and Barring Service
→
formerlyKnownAs
→
Criminal Records Bureau and Independent Safeguarding Authority (combined functions)
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linked to: Disclosure and Barring Service
linked to: Disclosure and Barring Service
linked to: Disclosure and Barring Service
subject linked to:
DBS certificates
subject linked to:
DBS certificates
linked to: Disclosure and Barring Service
subject linked to:
Home Office (offices on or near the street)