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Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 January 2006. It was answered by Andy Burnham (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 January 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Criminal Record Checks

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests for criminal record checks were made by schools in each year since 2002; and how many of these requests were for (a) standard disclosure and (b) enhanced disclosure.
Answer

The total number of standard and enhanced CRB checks issued in each year since 2002 is broken down as follows:

Standard Enhanced Total
11 March 2002 to 31 December 2002 118,599 808,564 927,163
1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003 271,952 1,886,197 2,158,149
1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004 286,984 2,198,362 2,485,34
1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005 298,315 2,391,694 2,690,009

The information requested by the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton regarding CRB checks issued specifically for positions within schools is not available. However, details of the total number of disclosures issued for the education sector are as follows:

Financial year Number disclosures
2002–03 439,000
2003–04 553,000
2004–05 596,000
31 December 2005 516,000

On average, 93 per cent. of disclosures issued to the education sector are at the enhanced level.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
42571; 441 c2019-20W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Disclosure of information Criminal records Vetting Schools
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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