Written question asked by Julia Drown (Labour) on Thursday, 16 November 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 November 2000. It was answered by Charles Clarke (Labour) on Monday, 27 November 2000 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of administering the Criminal Record Bureau checks for volunteers; what estimate he has made of the annual cost of providing criminal record checks for volunteers; what estimate he has made of the annual income derived from charging voluntary organisations for criminal record checks. - No figures given.

Answer: Ms Drown: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the (1) annual cost of administering the Criminal Record Bureau checks for volunteers; [139687] (2) annual cost of providing criminal record checks for volunteers; [139685] (3) annual income derived from charging voluntary organisations for criminal record checks. [139686] Mr. Charles Clarke: Work is continuing to estimate both the likely volume of demand for checks from the voluntary sector and from other sectors wishing to make use of the services to be offered by the Criminal Records Bureau, and the costs of the Bureau and of others, such as the police, who will contribute to providing these services. These factors will need to be taken into account in setting the fees to be charged by the Bureau. The fees will be kept to the minimum necessary to recoup costs.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 357 c443W;357 c442-3W; 139687;139685;139686
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Criminal records Fees and charges Vetting Voluntary organisations Criminal Records Bureau
Contains statistics: Yes
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