[2025] UKUT 329 (AAC)

On 20 August 2021, DBS issued an Enhanced Disclosure Certificate in respect of the Appellant. The ‘position applied for’ section of the Certificate stated, ‘Child Workforce – Match Official’. The Certificate recorded the Appellant’s 2004 conviction for causing grievous bodily harm.

It is not clear why DBS decided to address the Appellant’s suitability to work with children shortly after issuing the August 2021 Certificate. Whatever the reason, DBS informed the Appellant, by letter dated 18 May 2022, that they were minded to include him on the list of people barred from working with children, and invited him to make representations. The letter clearly informed the Appellant that he should respond by 15 July 2022. The Appellant accepts that he did not make any representations in time and informs us that he deeply regrets not having done so.