Recommendation R28: Broader consent on Police Check Form
From The Bichard Inquiry Report, published 22 June 2004.
Recommendation
The consents that applicants currently give on the 'Police Check Form' should be sufficiently broad to enable the requisite checks to be undertaken.
In brief (written by this site)
The Home Office reported in May 2006 that Recommendation 28 had been implemented (Home Office, May 2006). The department had previously stated in December 2004 that it proposed incorporating the broader consent statement alongside changes for Recommendation 27, noting that legal advisers judged existing wording sufficient until relevant data-sharing agreements and legislation were approved (Home Office response, Dec 2004).
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Government response
Initial consideration of the current consent statement requirements has been carried out, and it was proposed to incorporate this change within the change for Recommendation 27. However, until the data-sharing agreements with the various relevant data sources have been agreed and the legislation approved, the existing consent statement is judged by legal advisers to cover the current processes until the changes can be effected.
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)
We can report that Recommendations 24, 26, 27, 28 and 29 have been implemented.
From: Bichard Inquiry Recommendations: Third Progress Report
Responsible bodies
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Who has spoken
- Home Office
Response, delivery statement