If non-conviction information is affecting your Enhanced DBS certificate, the right next step depends on where you are in the process. For some people, a letter has arrived from the police proposing to disclose information before a certificate is issued. For others, the certificate has already been issued with an allegation, arrest or community resolution on it. And for many, the deeper problem is the local police records that keep feeding the same disclosure on every new check.
This page brings together Legisia’s main guides and case studies on Enhanced DBS disclosure and local police records, so you can find the most relevant starting point quickly.
Start Here
If information has appeared on your certificate, or the police have written to you proposing to disclose it, the main starting point is our Enhanced DBS Certificate Appeals service page. If your concern is the underlying records held on police systems, start with our Local Police Record Deletion service page.
If you want the broad overview first, read What Can Show on an Enhanced DBS Check? — the complete guide to convictions, cautions and non-conviction disclosure.
Understanding What Can Be Disclosed
These guides explain the types of information that can appear on an Enhanced DBS certificate, and why matters that never resulted in a conviction can still be disclosed:
- What Can Show on an Enhanced DBS Check? – the complete overview of Enhanced DBS disclosure.
- Allegations on an Enhanced DBS Certificate – how unproven allegations reach certificates and what can be done.
- Relevant Police Information – the legal test the police apply when deciding what to disclose.
- Arrested But Not Charged – what an arrest without charge means for your certificate.
- No Further Action and Your Enhanced DBS Certificate – why NFA does not mean the matter is gone.
- Community Resolutions and Enhanced DBS Checks – how an informal outcome can still be disclosed.
Challenging a Disclosure
If information has been proposed for disclosure or has already appeared on a certificate, the main guide is How to Challenge Information on an Enhanced DBS Certificate. It covers pre-issue representations, the DBS certificate disputes process, referral to the Independent Monitor, and judicial review.
The most important point is timing. Where the police notify you before the certificate is issued, the window to make representations is short — but a successful challenge at that stage means no employer ever sees the information.
Local Police Records and Deletion
Local police records are the source of most non-conviction disclosure. These guides explain what the records are, how they feed Enhanced DBS checks, and how to apply for their deletion:
- What Are Local Police Records? – the systems, the record types and the retention rules.
- How Local Police Records Feed Enhanced DBS Disclosure – the mechanism connecting force systems to your certificate.
- How to Delete Local Police Records – the legal basis, the application and the routes if the police refuse.
Challenging a disclosure and deleting the records are not alternatives. A successful challenge stops one disclosure; deletion stops the record resurfacing on every future check. In many cases, the right strategy is both.