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26/03/2013
Home Office Announce Criminal Record Checks Relaxation
The Home Office have announced a relaxation of police checks for job applicants, following a Court of Appeal ruling in January that blanket checks did not comply with human rights laws.
In England and Wales old and minor cautions and convictions will be filtered out of the information revealed in applications for jobs.
All serious violent and sexual offences will continue to be disclosed.
Under the proposed legislation, convictions resulting in a non-custodial sentence will be filtered from record checks after 11 years for adults and five and a half years for young offenders.
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), formerly known as the Criminal Records Bureau, will filter cautions from record checks after six years for adults and two years for young offenders.
"The protection of children and vulnerable groups is of paramount importance to this government,” Lord Taylor of Holbeach, Minister for Criminal Information, said
"Criminal records checks are an important tool for employers to use in making informed safeguarding decisions.
"This new system of checks strikes a balance between ensuring that children and vulnerable groups are protected and avoiding intrusion into people's lives."
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In England and Wales old and minor cautions and convictions will be filtered out of the information revealed in applications for jobs.
All serious violent and sexual offences will continue to be disclosed.
Under the proposed legislation, convictions resulting in a non-custodial sentence will be filtered from record checks after 11 years for adults and five and a half years for young offenders.
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), formerly known as the Criminal Records Bureau, will filter cautions from record checks after six years for adults and two years for young offenders.
"The protection of children and vulnerable groups is of paramount importance to this government,” Lord Taylor of Holbeach, Minister for Criminal Information, said
"Criminal records checks are an important tool for employers to use in making informed safeguarding decisions.
"This new system of checks strikes a balance between ensuring that children and vulnerable groups are protected and avoiding intrusion into people's lives."
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