Recommendation R22: Identity checking responsibilities
From The Bichard Inquiry Report, published 22 June 2004.
Recommendation
The Registered Bodies' precise responsibilities for checking identities need to be clarified urgently.
In brief (written by this site)
The Home Office stated in May 2006 that the recommendation was implemented (Home Office, May 2006). The department had previously reported in December 2004 that five suppliers and 15 Registered Bodies had been selected to conduct online identity checks for disclosure applicants under an authentication pilot, while updated guidance outlining an identity checking process was in the final stages of review ahead of planned publication in February 2005 (Home Office response, Dec 2004).
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Government response
Five suppliers and 15 Registered Bodies have been selected by the CRB to participate in the identification authentication pilot. This will involve the Registered Body making online ID checks for disclosure applicants. 6.36 In addition, the new guidance to be issued to Registered Bodies will include an ‘ID checking process’. This is in the final stages of review and publication is scheduled for February 2005.
Blanket government agreement does not establish acceptance or delivery by each addressee. Some response passages cover groups of recommendations.
Scope of the government response
The Government accepted all 31 recommendations collectively: the Home Secretary's written statement of 11 January 2005 records that "All 31 recommendations were accepted by the Government when the Inquiry reported in June 2004". No document states an acceptance decision for any single recommendation. The response shown against each recommendation is the Home Office's answer to it in the first progress report, sent to Sir Michael Bichard on 22 December 2004 and placed in the Library of the House on 11 January 2005. The Government then reported against the recommendations three more times, in November 2005, May 2006 and May 2007; the updates shown are taken from those reports.
Delivery
Home Office says completed (25 May 2006)
Recommendations 22, 24, 26, 27, 28 and 29 are implemented.
From: Bichard Inquiry Recommendations: Third Progress Report
Responsible bodies
Themes and tags
Who has spoken
- Home Office
Response, delivery statement