(2) how much compensation has been paid by the Criminal Records Bureau for delays in processing criminal record checks to (a) applicants, (b) employers and (c) others in each of the last four years; to which types of disclosures such payments related; and how many (i) applicants and (ii) employers...

(2) how much compensation has been paid by the Criminal Records Bureau for delays in processing criminal record checks to (a) applicants, (b) employers and (c) others in each of the last four years; to which types of disclosures such payments related; and how many (i) applicants and (ii) employers...

Draft Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2008. Considered by Delegated Legislation Committee. (vote)

Draft Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2008. Considered by Delegated Legislation Committee. (vote)

That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2008. The draft regulations we are debating today set out the offences that will lead to automatic barring under the new vetting and barring scheme....

That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2008. The draft regulations we are debating today set out the offences that will lead to automatic barring under the new vetting and barring scheme....

I thank the Minister for a well-informed introduction. Noble Lords will be aware that when the Bill was discussed my noble friend Lady Morris of Bolton made clear our view that protecting the most vulnerable in our society is of the utmost importance. For that it was essential that the...

I thank the Minister for a well-informed introduction. Noble Lords will be aware that when the Bill was discussed my noble friend Lady Morris of Bolton made clear our view that protecting the most vulnerable in our society is of the utmost importance. For that it was essential that the...

I accept all that the Minister has just said, but my question was whether information about how the ISA uses these powers will be put in the public domain. If it is, it will enable us to check whether the legislation, particularly those parts of it that give us cause...

I accept all that the Minister has just said, but my question was whether information about how the ISA uses these powers will be put in the public domain. If it is, it will enable us to check whether the legislation, particularly those parts of it that give us cause...

I, too, thank the Minister for her explanation. I share the concerns of the noble Baroness, Lady Verma, about the issue of cautions and foreign workers, and I believe that I have said so on the several previous occasions that we have debated the subject. How regularly will the House...

I, too, thank the Minister for her explanation. I share the concerns of the noble Baroness, Lady Verma, about the issue of cautions and foreign workers, and I believe that I have said so on the several previous occasions that we have debated the subject. How regularly will the House...

Perhaps I may clarify one point which I may have missed completely. Did the noble Baroness say that we were signed up to the European criminal database, or is that the Government’s aspiration for January 2009?

Perhaps I may clarify one point which I may have missed completely. Did the noble Baroness say that we were signed up to the European criminal database, or is that the Government’s aspiration for January 2009?

The aspiration is to have a strategy for maximising the information flow and making that work practically. Again, perhaps I may give the noble Baroness a fuller response in writing. I commend the regulations to the Committee. Motion agreed.

The aspiration is to have a strategy for maximising the information flow and making that work practically. Again, perhaps I may give the noble Baroness a fuller response in writing. I commend the regulations to the Committee. Motion agreed.

I hope that I can respond comprehensively to the questions. However, before I do so, I have been rather remiss because I should have welcomed the noble Baroness, Lady Verma, to her position. I think I am right in doing that. We are starting a new Session and I feel...

I hope that I can respond comprehensively to the questions. However, before I do so, I have been rather remiss because I should have welcomed the noble Baroness, Lady Verma, to her position. I think I am right in doing that. We are starting a new Session and I feel...

That leads me to my final point, which is that the ISA will be reporting to Parliament. Obviously, it is an independent organisation but this is precisely the kind of information that we will want to see—that is, where the balance of the numbers falls. Again, I should be happy...

That leads me to my final point, which is that the ISA will be reporting to Parliament. Obviously, it is an independent organisation but this is precisely the kind of information that we will want to see—that is, where the balance of the numbers falls. Again, I should be happy...

Draft Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2008. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

Draft Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2008. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

Draft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2008. Considered by Delegated Legislation Committee. (vote)

Draft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2008. Considered by Delegated Legislation Committee. (vote)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether care providers are informed when Criminal Records Bureau checks on their prospective employees are discovered not to have been correctly carried out; what estimate he has made of the number of such checks; and if he will provide compensation to care...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether care providers are informed when Criminal Records Bureau checks on their prospective employees are discovered not to have been correctly carried out; what estimate he has made of the number of such checks; and if he will provide compensation to care...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many notifications his Department and its predecessor sent to each of the schools inspectorates under the automatic transfer arrangements in relation to (a) independent and (b) maintained schools in each year since April 2005; and how many notifications...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many notifications his Department and its predecessor sent to each of the schools inspectorates under the automatic transfer arrangements in relation to (a) independent and (b) maintained schools in each year since April 2005; and how many notifications...

The House will wish to know that we have today published the Government's response to Sir Ian Magee's independent review of criminality information. As I have said previously, we are grateful for the work that Sir Ian has done on the review and our response accepts the rationale behind all...

The House will wish to know that we have today published the Government's response to Sir Ian Magee's independent review of criminality information. As I have said previously, we are grateful for the work that Sir Ian has done on the review and our response accepts the rationale behind all...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jacqui Smith) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The House will wish to know that we have today published the Government’s response to Sir Ian Magee’s independent review of criminality information. As I have said previously, we...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jacqui Smith) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The House will wish to know that we have today published the Government’s response to Sir Ian Magee’s independent review of criminality information. As I have said previously, we...

Will it be possible in the near future to have a debate on the requirement for Criminal Records Bureau checks for those working with children being extended to madrassahs? In my view, the current situation discriminates against Muslim children.

Will it be possible in the near future to have a debate on the requirement for Criminal Records Bureau checks for those working with children being extended to madrassahs? In my view, the current situation discriminates against Muslim children.

Obviously, if any child care services are being provided in madrassas, they are subject to inspection and registration. If my hon. Friend is identifying the fact that such provision is being made, in effect, in madrassas but is not coming within the inspection regime, I will invite my right hon....

Obviously, if any child care services are being provided in madrassas, they are subject to inspection and registration. If my hon. Friend is identifying the fact that such provision is being made, in effect, in madrassas but is not coming within the inspection regime, I will invite my right hon....

asked Her Majesty's Government:What Criminal Records Bureau checks are required of hosts when offering accommodation to visiting pupils from other schools.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What Criminal Records Bureau checks are required of hosts when offering accommodation to visiting pupils from other schools.