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"As an update, managed to finally speak to someone in recruitment who knew what was going on in vetting. Apparently there's something of a backlog of people in a similar spot to me waiting to have their DC Vetting completed, and these are all likely to be done by Christmas. Insofar as what happens after that, they're still waiting, but the idea being thrown around appears to be intakes restarting on the last Monday of January, then on a rolling basis every month. The usual intake would be about 300 or so, but due to COVID, it's likely to be closer to 150 places a month. No word as yet on how these places are to be allocated. Still, was nice to actually get some news!"