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Written question asked by Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 14 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 16 October 2009. It was answered by Alan Johnson (Labour) on Thursday, 5 November 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.

Independent Safeguarding Authority

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the expected running costs are of (a) the Independent Safeguarding Authority and (b) the Vetting and Barring Scheme in each of the next five years.
Answer

The Vetting and Barring Scheme was established to vet all individuals who want to work or volunteer with vulnerable people. The scheme is delivered by the partnership of the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) and the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB). The Home Office leads implementation of the Scheme.The expected running costs of (a) the ISA and (b) the total costs of the VBS in the years 2010-15, based on the most recent reports to the VBS, are set out in the following table.

£ million
ISA budget allocation VBS budget allocation (inclusive of ISA budget)
2010-11 13.1 42.8
2011-12 13.3 40.7
2012-13 13.6 43.9
2013-14 13.8 45.3
2014-15 14.3 47.1

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
498 c1142W; 294217
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Finance Vetting Independent Safeguarding Authority
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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