Standard Level Disclosure Checks

Dear Mr Stacey

Thank you for your email.

The Standard Disclosure will show any spent or unspent convictions and
cautions.

Kind regards

Nanette Evans

Criminal Records Bureau

PO Box 110

Liverpool

L3 6ZZ

T: 0870 90 90 844

F: 0151 676 1730

Please remember the CRB call centre is open 6 days a week, 8am till 8pm
weekdays and 10am till 5pm on Saturdays to answer all your enquiries.

Also you may wish to take a look at our Disclosure website at
www.crb.gov.uk for further up to date information regarding the CRB and
the Disclosure process.

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Dear Mr Stacey

Thank you for your email.

Due to the issues raised, I have forwarded your email to our Customer
Correspondence Team for their investigation. They will issue a response
within 10 working days in accordance with our correspondence procedures.

Kind regards

Nanette Evans

Criminal Records Bureau

PO Box 110

Liverpool

L3 6ZZ

T: 0870 90 90 844

F: 0151 676 1730

Please remember the CRB call centre is open 6 days a week, 8am till 8pm
weekdays and 10am till 5pm on Saturdays to answer all your enquiries.

Also you may wish to take a look at our Disclosure website at
www.crb.gov.uk for further up to date information regarding the CRB and
the Disclosure process.

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Dear Mr Stacey,

Thank you for your email dated 28^th July 2009, in which you express your
concern with the Disclosure service. This has been passed to me for reply.

I am currently looking in to the issues you have raised. Therefore, I am
not yet in the position to provide you with a full reply at this moment in
time.

I would like to thank you for your continued patience in this matter and I
can assure you that I will provide you with a full reply in the near
future.

Yours sincerely,

Joanne Derbyshire
CRB Customer Services

' 0870 90 90 811 | * [email address] |;
www.crb.gov.uk

Criminal Records Bureau, PO Box 110, Liverpool, L69 3EF

For more information about CRB please visit our website or contact our
Call Centre which is open 6 days a week, 8am to 8pm weekdays and 10am to
5pm on Saturday.

Did you know you can track your CRB application(s) online at
[1]www.crb.gov.uk/tracking

Am fwy o wybodaeth am y Swyddfa Cofnodion Troseddol (CRB) ymwelwch a'n
wefan neu cysylltwch a'n canolfan alwadau sy'n agored 6 diwrnod yr wythnos
8 y.b. hyd at 8 y.h. ar ddyddiadau gwaith ac 10 y.b. hyd at 5 y.h. ar
Ddydd Sadwrn. Os hoffwch siarad yn Gymraeg ffoniwch ein llinell Cymraeg
neilltuol ar 0870 90 90 223 sy'n agored Dydd Llun i Ddydd Gwener 9 y.b.
hyd at 5 y.p. A ydych yn gwybod y gellir olrhain eich cais ar lein ar
[2]www.crb.gov.uk/tracking

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Dear Mr Stacey,

Thank you for your email dated 28^th July 2009, in which you express your
concern with the Disclosure service. This has been passed to me for reply.

Standard checks will still be required by some of our service users as not
everyone who requires a Disclosure is eligible for an Enhanced Disclosure.
An example of those who would still require a check at standard level
would be those who work as door supervisors who would not be entitled to a
POCA or POVA check, but still require a standard check carried out.
Following the 12^th October, for a Standard check, as POCA/POVA/List99
checks would no longer exist the only information that would be released
is that information which may be contained on the Police National
Computer.

The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) has been created to help
prevent unsuitable people from working with children and vulnerable
adults. They do this by working in partnership with the Criminal Records
Bureau (CRB). You may also wish to contact the Independent Safeguarding
Authority (ISA) [1]http://www.isa-gov.org.uk/ .

Currently, the POVA list may only be accessed for those working within the
Care Sector such as Care Homes, Domiciliary Care Agencies and Adult
Placement Schemes. List 99/POCA list may be checked for those within the
Education sector. Therefore, not all positions will require a check of
these lists.

Standard and Enhanced Disclosures currently are available only in relation
to posts and positions, which are included in the Exceptions Order 1975 to
the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. These are generally positions
of trust where there is a valid need to see the person's full criminal
history (including spent convictions) in order to assess their suitability
for a position. A request for a person to reveal their full criminal
history in this situation is known as an 'exempted question'.

An exempted question is being allowed; by virtue of the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act to ask a person to reveal spent and unspent convictions in
order to assess their suitability for a position of employment, which
involves working with children and or vulnerable adults

The fact that employees may come into contact with children/ vulnerable
adults does not make them automatically eligible for Disclosure. The
Exceptions order is quite specific in its interpretation with regards to
'Working with children'. To be eligible for higher level Disclosures an
individual would need to fall within the definitions of a 'regulated
position' as set out in section 36 (A-H) of the Criminal Justice and Court
Services Act (CJCSA) 2000. Furthermore, to qualify for Enhanced
Disclosure the individual would have to be regularly caring for, training,
supervising or being in sole charge of persons under 18.

The following link to the category codes may provide you with further
information on those eligible for a Disclosure
[2]http://www.crb.gov.uk/guidance/rb_guidan... .

Yours sincerely,

CRB Customer Services

' 0870 90 90 811 | * [email address] |;
www.crb.gov.uk

Criminal Records Bureau, PO Box 110, Liverpool, L69 3EF

For more information about CRB please visit our website or contact our
Call Centre which is open 6 days a week, 8am to 8pm weekdays and 10am to
5pm on Saturday.

Did you know you can track your CRB application(s) online at
[3]www.crb.gov.uk/tracking

Am fwy o wybodaeth am y Swyddfa Cofnodion Troseddol (CRB) ymwelwch a'n
wefan neu cysylltwch a'n canolfan alwadau sy'n agored 6 diwrnod yr wythnos
8 y.b. hyd at 8 y.h. ar ddyddiadau gwaith ac 10 y.b. hyd at 5 y.h. ar
Ddydd Sadwrn. Os hoffwch siarad yn Gymraeg ffoniwch ein llinell Cymraeg
neilltuol ar 0870 90 90 223 sy'n agored Dydd Llun i Ddydd Gwener 9 y.b.
hyd at 5 y.p. A ydych yn gwybod y gellir olrhain eich cais ar lein ar
[4]www.crb.gov.uk/tracking

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