Fact sheet
Every hard number on this site is held in one place and rendered from it, so the page, the structured data and the machine-readable summary can never disagree. This is that place. Each row carries its source and the date it was last checked, and anything unconfirmed is shown as unconfirmed rather than filled in.
Checked
These were read from a stated source on the date shown.
| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| How many multiple-choice questions the written module asks. | 50 questions | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| How large the published bank is that the written questions are drawn from. Was 300 here until 2026-09-20, inherited from the 2013 site; the organiser's own 2027 joining document says 480, and states in the same panel that 90 of them appear in the assessment. A figure inherited from the old site is not a verified figure — the lesson `dsc2.stalks` taught, applied to a second number. | 480 questions | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| How many multiple-choice questions the game meat hygiene module asks. | 40 questions | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| How many images the visual assessment shows. Every image asks for species AND sex -- corrected by Adrian 2026-09-06. The live site had implied the sex question applied only to the second half, and we had repeated that; it applies to all of them, which makes the module harder than the old copy suggested. | 20 images | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| How many images must be identified correctly to pass the visual assessment. | 16 | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| How many of the bank's questions appear across the two written papers. From the 2027 joining document, which states it beside the bank size — the pair is what makes the preparation finite, and the site carried the bank without it. | 90 questions | DSC1-Berkenhorst-2027-EN.pdf, the organiser's own joining document, read 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-20 |
| The printed DMQ manual, listed as an optional extra in the 2027 joining document. Optional because the same document says a digital copy of the material is included in the fee: this buys the hard copy, not the content. Unlike the hotel and the ammunition on that page, this amount is NOT hedged as an indication, so it is published as a figure. | €65 | DSC1-Berkenhorst-2027-EN.pdf, the organiser's own joining document, read 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-20 |
| How many safety questions exist in total. The 2013 site contradicted itself, saying 25 on one page and 24 on another; asked in 2026-09, the organiser said 25, and his own 2027 joining document says 24 — "24 safety questions, 10 of them appear in the assessment". The document is dated, published to candidates and internally consistent with the 10 asked, so it wins over a figure recalled in conversation. Worth keeping: this fact has now been wrong under BOTH readings, so a third source should be treated as evidence rather than as settlement. | 24 questions | DSC1-Berkenhorst-2027-EN.pdf, the organiser's own joining document, read 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-20 |
| How many safety questions the assessor selects on the day. No faults are permitted: you are deemed safe or unsafe. | 10 questions | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| The distances the assessed shots are fired at. Confirmed by Adrian directly, and worth recording that he contradicted BOTH earlier sources: the live site said 40, 70 and 100 m, and the client brief said 100 / 70 / 10-20 m. Neither was published, which is the whole point of holding a disputed figure back. | 100 m, 100 m and 50 m | Adrian van Well, confirmed 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| How many assessed shots the shooting test consists of: three stages of two shots each. Corrected by Adrian 2026-09-06 -- he had given the three DISTANCES, and we recorded three shots. Two are fired at each, so the total is six. | 6 assessed shots | Adrian van Well, confirmed 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| How many modules DSC1 is assessed in: written, game meat hygiene, visual, safety and shooting. | 5 modules | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| What time candidates arrive at the hotel, the evening before the assessment. | 1800h | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| What time the party leaves the hotel on the assessment day. | 0800 | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| What time assessment begins at the Berkenhorst facility. | 0900 | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| How far the hotel is from the Berkenhorst facility. Changed 2026-09-20 along with the hotel itself: the arrangement is now Hotel Landgoed Stakenberg, at a rate negotiated for candidates. The previous hotel was further away and is deliberately not named here — this text renders on /facts/ and in llms-full.txt, so a provenance note is a PUBLICATION. The engineering lesson belongs in the commit rather than on the page: a small number can also live in a page as a spelled-out word, where the duplication test cannot see it. | 3 km | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| How many rounds are recommended for the shooting test. | 50 rounds | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| The minimum rifle calibre to bring, as stated on the kit list. | .243 | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| How many candidates are in a group for the marksmanship and safety modules. Each is taken individually by two accredited witnesses. | 3 candidates | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| How many witnessed culls the DSC2 portfolio requires. RESOLVED as one by Adrian on 2026-09-06, and the conflict is worth keeping on the record: the site published "3" for a day on the authority of the 2013 page alone, which he had never confirmed. DMQ's current page independently agrees -- the evidence "in the main, comprises a single stalk which is witnessed by a DMQ Approved Witness", with criteria not completed on one stalk carried to "another occasion". So the standard changed since 2013; neither source was wrong about its own moment. This is why a figure inherited from the old site is not a verified figure. | 1 witnessed stalk | Adrian van Well, confirmed 2026-09-06, and DMQ, dmq.org.uk, read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| How many deer species live wild in the UK: red, sika, fallow, roe, muntjac and Chinese water deer. | 6 species | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| The assessment organiser. | A.J.M. (Adrian) van Well | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| Landline, as published on the current site. | +31 10 226 2443 | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| Mobile, as published on the current site. | +31 6 13061834 | Live site (Joomla), read 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| The published email address for enquiries. Changed 2026-09-20 on the organiser's instruction: the address this fact carried before is also a working mailbox reaching the same person, so no enquiry was lost in the interval, but a contact page carries one address or it is not a contact page. Email is the only written route on this site, so this fact is what a candidate who writes rather than phones depends on. | aadvanwell@hotmail.com | Adrian van Well, confirmed 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-20 |
| The fee for the DSC1 assessment: the assessment and the DSC1 certificate, all in. WITHHELD on 2026-09-06 to keep the tax affairs simple, REVERSED on 2026-09-11 when Adrian asked for the fees to go online, and finally SUPPLIED on 2026-09-20 by the organiser's own 2027 joining document, which states it twice — once in the summary panel and once on the costs page. What the fee covers is taken from that same page: the examiner's crossing and accommodation, the assessment and practice room, the rifle range, the ground for the safety walk, lunch and refreshments, and the accredited witnesses. Items that document lists as EXTRAS are not in it — the printed manual, the hotel, and ammunition on the range. | €700 | DSC1-Berkenhorst-2027-EN.pdf, the organiser's own joining document, read 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-20 |
| What using a rifle on the range costs, PER ROUND. There is no flat hire fee, and this fact was shaped wrongly until 2026-09-20 in a way worth recording: it expected a single figure for "rifle hire", and the organiser's own 2027 document prices the rifle and its ammunition TOGETHER, by the round — "use of a .223 rifle plus ammunition on the range, ± €0.70 per round". So the rifle itself carries no charge and the number is a rate. That document also says in as many words that the amounts for accommodation and ammunition are INDICATIONS, which is why every page that renders this says "about" beside it; a figure the source hedges must not be republished as a quote. | €0.70 | DSC1-Berkenhorst-2027-EN.pdf, the organiser's own joining document, read 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-20 |
| How many assessment dates are held each year. Was 1 until 2026-09-11, when Adrian added a second — the "second weekend when demand is high" that the previous note anticipated. The main March sitting runs in three overlapping groups and is bookable; the second date is offered from the waiting list. See `assessment.second.month` and `assessment.second.day`. | 2 assessment dates a year | Adrian van Well, confirmed 2026-09-11 | 2026-09-11 |
| The second assessment date, as month-day. The YEAR comes from `assessment.year`, so this empties itself with everything else if that ever goes unpublishable again. Adrian said "April 2nd" on 2026-09-11 without naming a year or a qualification; both are inferred and BOTH ARE FLAGGED in `docs/go-live.md` A2 for confirmation. The year is 2027 because the main sitting is March 2027 and a date a fortnight later is the only reading that is not absurd; the qualification is DSC1 because every bookable date on this site is DSC1 and DSC2 is witnessed in the field rather than run to a timetable. The inference is made safe by the second half of his instruction: places on this date come from the WAITING LIST, so nobody can book and pay against a date that has been read wrong. Stored as `04-02` rather than as a month NAME on purpose — a fact valued "April" collides with the legitimate "April 2012" in /about/, and `tests/facts.test.js` is right to fail on that rather than being taught an exception. | 04-02 | Adrian van Well, confirmed 2026-09-11 | 2026-09-11 |
| The month the annual assessment is held. | March | Adrian van Well, confirmed 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| How many groups the annual assessment is run in. Each group arrives on the evening of one day and is assessed the following day, so the groups overlap: as one is assessed, the next arrives that evening. | 3 groups | Adrian van Well, confirmed 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| The year of the next assessment. Confirmed by Adrian 2026-09-06; it was held unresolved for a few hours rather than inferred, because a year reaches structured data as a BOOKABLE date and a wrong one sends a candidate to Berkenhorst on a day nothing is happening. Resolving it is what fills the calendar: `ASSESSMENT_DATES` is derived from this plus the month and ASSESSMENT_GROUPS, so if this ever goes unpublishable again the Event data empties itself rather than going stale. | 2027 | Adrian van Well, confirmed 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| The pass rate at this centre. | 95% | Adrian van Well, confirmed 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
| The first cancellation boundary. Beyond it, `cancel.early.refund` of the fee is returned. REPLACED the earlier ladder on 2026-09-20: from 2026-09-11 this site promised a FULL refund beyond eight weeks, and the organiser's own 2027 joining document gives 70% and calls it the BASC scale. The site was the more generous of the two, which is the dangerous direction — a candidate quotes the more generous page and is right to. | 8 weeks before | DSC1-Berkenhorst-2027-EN.pdf, the organiser's own joining document, read 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-20 |
| What comes back when you cancel earlier than `cancel.early.weeks`. The remaining 30% is forfeited. Stated as a percentage rather than a euro figure on purpose: the euro amount is the fee multiplied by this, and typing it would put the fee in a second place — which `tests/facts.test.js` exists to prevent. | 70% | DSC1-Berkenhorst-2027-EN.pdf, the organiser's own joining document, read 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-20 |
| The second boundary. Between this and `cancel.early.weeks`, `cancel.late.refund` comes back; inside it, nothing does. Was 2 weeks under the ladder settled on 2026-09-11; the 2027 document says four. | 4 weeks before | DSC1-Berkenhorst-2027-EN.pdf, the organiser's own joining document, read 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-20 |
| What comes back between the two boundaries. Inside `cancel.late.weeks` nothing is refunded: by then the examiner, the verifier and the range are committed and the cost has been incurred whether the candidate attends or not. | 35% | DSC1-Berkenhorst-2027-EN.pdf, the organiser's own joining document, read 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-20 |
| The VAT charged on the assessment fee. Adrian stated 0% on 2026-09-11. NOT verified against Dutch tax rules by anyone here and it cannot be — whether a rate of nil is the right treatment, and on what basis (the small-business scheme, an exemption, or a place-of-supply rule), is his accountant's to confirm and `docs/go-live.md` A4 records it as such. What this fact controls is one sentence on the fee page; it does no arithmetic anywhere. | 0% | Adrian van Well, confirmed 2026-09-11 | 2026-09-11 |
| The year Adrian began running DMQ assessments. Stored as a year rather than a duration: "19 years" would need editing every January, and a year never goes stale. | 2007 | Adrian van Well, confirmed 2026-09-06 | 2026-09-06 |
Sources disagree
Two sources give different answers, so no figure is published. Your joining instructions carry the ones that apply to your assessment.
History, not current
These were published once and have not been re-checked. They are shown with the date they were stated so nobody reads them as this season's numbers.
| Fact | Value | As at |
|---|---|---|
| Holders of DSC1 in Great Britain. | 16790 holders | 2012-04-17 |
| Holders of DSC2 in Great Britain. | 3712 holders | 2012-04-17 |
| Accredited witnesses resident in the Netherlands. | 8 accredited witnesses | 2012-04-17 |
Not published, by choice
These are known and deliberately not listed. They are shown here rather than left off the sheet, because an omission a reader cannot see looks like an oversight — and because a fact sheet that quietly dropped the awkward rows would be worth less than one that names them. Ask and you will be told.
- The fee for DSC2 witnessing. WITHHELD again on 2026-09-20: the owner is focusing the site on DSC1 and is not publishing a DSC2 figure. That is a DECISION, which is why this is `withheld` and not `awaiting` — the two exist precisely so a settled position is not reported as an outstanding gap, and `npm run facts` no longer chases it. The reason the decision is easy to defend is on /pricing/ already: DSC2 varies with the number and species culled and the lodging required, so a single figure would mislead even if one were supplied.
- Places on one assessment day. WITHHELD at the client's instruction (2026-09-06), alongside the fees and the candidate count. The site says places are limited without putting a number on it, which is what he asked for and which loses very little: scarcity persuades, an exact figure mostly invites arithmetic.
- Candidates certified at this centre. WITHHELD at the client's instruction (2026-09-06), for the same reason as the fees. Aad raised the tax question and Adrian settled it. The pass rate and the years running carry the proof instead.
Not yet supplied
These are being confirmed as part of the rebuild. Ask and you will be told the current answer directly.
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