You read a lot of crap about how long it takes for CRB checks to come back, and how it’s all the fault of the DSA, or anyone else the complainant doesn’t like.
TMGCRB - CRB Check Site
I wrote recently about my own application for a CRB check in lieu of my impending green badge renewal this October. I sent off my documents, and two or three working days later they came back. Apparently, my birth certificate had somehow ceased to be evidence of my birth – which was odd, because I’m pretty sure it was the same one I used when I applied for my previous CRB check.
Anyway, I took my driving licence instead directly to the TMGCRB office in Ruddington. This, too, was returned two or three days later – fortunately, it hadn’t become unsuitable evidence as to my identity, and all was well.
I delivered my driving licence around midday on 13th July. This morning, I got my CRB check through all ready for my application for my green badge renewal in a few months time.
It took 17 days (if you include the day I took my licence in, and today).
Thinking about it, I reckon those stories you hear about it taking months and months have got a lot more to do with the applicant being a grape short of a full bunch than they are to do with TMGCRB taking too long.