Dear Sir or Madam,

Your publication "Employing ex-offenders: A practical guide" claims
that the Home Office Offenders Index shows "that one in three men
and almost one in ten women born in 1953 had been convicted of an
offence before the age of 46."

Would you please provide

1 How one could find the details of this piece of statistics from
the Offenders Index; and

2 How one could find the itemized breakdown by the type of offences
in this piece of statistics.

Sincerely,

Dr Kaihsu Tai

Dear Dr Tai

Thank you for your enquiry.

The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) is an Executive Agency of the Home Office.
The CRB provides access to criminal record information to employers,
voluntary and licensing organisations for recruitment and licensing
purposes.

The CRB does not hold a copy of the Police National Computer (PNC) record of
convictions. The system held by the CRB is known as a PNC Extract. The
extract contains basic identifying details such as name and date of birth of
persons included on the PNC. The extract does not contain any conviction
information. The Police both own and maintain the PNC.

The CRB do not hold the information you refer to. 'Employing Ex-Offenders -
A Practical Guide' was not drafted by the CRB. This document was drafted by
the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

You may wish to forward your request directly to CIPD. I have provided their
contact details below:

CIPD House

Camp Road

London

SW19 4UX

Telephone - 0207 8971 9000

Fax - 0208 263 3333

Email <mailto:[email address]> [email address]

Website <http://www.cipd.co.uk/> www.cipd.co.uk

I hope this information is of assistance.

Kind Regards

Elise Snelham

CRB Freedom of Information Team

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