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How long will it take to receive my certificate?
2 June 2013
Disclosure Scotland works within a Service Level Agreement to produce 90% of all types of Disclosure, for a correctly completed application with no further enquiries, within 14 calendar days. This is measured from the day we receive the application to the day of dispatch. Certificates are dispatched 1st class Royal Mail postage .
As of 2/6/2013, we are processing correctly completed Police Act Disclosure applications and PVG Scheme applications, with no further enquiries, within our Service Level Agreement.
As some applications may require further enquiries, these applications may take longer than our quoted average turnaround time.
Important Customer Notices:
Transition of Police Act Disclosure Application Forms to new IT system
Disclosure Scotland’s Website is changing
Retrospective Checking Update, Full Agreed Monthly Volumes to begin on Monday 1 April 2013
Annual Subscription Letters
Reprint Requests - Revised Procedure
Disregarding certain convictions for sexual offences
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