Disclosure and barring Information on changes to disclosure and barring, which will come into force in September 2012, is available in the leaflets below. There is a leaflet covering England and Wales, as well as a separate leaflet for changes in Northern Ireland. There is also a Welsh language version. Date: Thu Jun 07 15:36:00 BST [...]
Disclosure and barring – Government update advice for police officers
September 8, 2012 from Leave a Comment
Manifesto Club report reveals 32 million CRB checks undertaken since 2002 – at a cost of £1.5 billion.
May 25, 2012 from Leave a Comment
32 MILLION CRB CHECKS SINCE 2002 A new Manifesto Club report reveals that there have been 32 million CRB checks since 2002 – at a cost of £1.5 billion.The report which can be downloaded here was reported. For an exclusive see report on the front page of the Daily Telegraph The Manifesto Club are calling for a serious policy review of [...]
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 published
May 8, 2012 from Leave a Comment
The Protection of Freedoms Act has now passed Royal Assent and will come into force on the 9th May 2012. Part 5 will be particular interest to falsely accused carers and teachers. Chapters 1 and 2 amends the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and Police Act 1997 with regards to carers and Criminal Records Bureau checks. The Bill also [...]
The Mysterious MAPPA
May 3, 2012 from Leave a Comment
There is a very good article by Emma Davies and Lucy Batten, solicitors from Hine Solicitors in this months Insidetime issue. The mysterious MAPPA… MAPPA applies to a large number of inmates in England and Wales and you may therefore have previously heard the term or seen it referred to in reports compiled by the Probation [...]
Home Office announce taxi drivers will become eligible for enhanced CRB’s
January 27, 2012 from Leave a Comment
Taxi drivers will be eligible for enhanced background checks under new proposals announced today. Today’s proposals will allow taxi licensing authorities to carry out enhanced criminal records checks on their drivers before they are issued with a licence. Current drivers will get additional checks when they renew their licence. Under the current regime, only drivers who pick [...]
Young photographer compensated for being wrongly prevented from taking photographs of military parade
December 13, 2011 from Leave a Comment
Jules Mattsson compensated for military parade photo ban From time to time FACT has had occasion to be critical of young people who are browbeaten by police pressure. On this occasion we salute the action and determination of a young photographer who when asked by the police to stop photographing a military parade stood his [...]
School has been exonerated by an independent review
October 5, 2011 from Leave a Comment
A Newbury school has been exonerated by an independent review following claims made during a court case earlier in the year. In April the principal at Mary Hare School, Tony Shaw, announced that Sir Roger Singleton would conduct the “evidential and exhaustive” investigation into safeguarding at the school for the deaf. Now, in his report, [...]
Lukewarm support from key stakeholdeers to the Volunteering Bill
June 23, 2011 from Leave a Comment
The Civic Society have reported that there is lukewarm support from key stakeholdeers to the Volunteering Bill. The Volunteering Bill, which proposes the introduction of a ‘fit and proper person’ certificate for volunteers, received a lukewarm reception in its second reading in Parliament last week. During the session, Conservative MP Christopher Chope, who tabled the [...]