Currently the PVG process includes an email from Disclosure Scotland directly to the applicant which can get missed in their spam folder. Will that email still happen in the new process or will it be handled automatically?

The process will still include an email from Disclosure Scotland, which needs to be acted upon within 14 days. ID Checks via the membership system will hopefully make that stage happen sooner. Lead Volunteers should inform volunteers when the ID check has been accepted by the Safe Scouting Team, so that they can actively check inboxes and junk folders.