Vetting

Recommendations related to vetting

25

Recommendations

100% accepted

Government Response

Accepted (22)Accepted in Part (3)

Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 4 inquiries

Across 4 inquiries

Angiolini Inquiry Bichard Inquiry Daniel Morgan Panel IICSA

Tagged Recommendations

25 total

ANG-10 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry

Vetting Code compliance for officer transfers

With immediate effect, all recruiting forces should have regard to the new Vetting Code of Practice, which requires the parent force to provide all relevant information requested about the transferee …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC Chair Chief Constable Gavin Stephens confirming all recommendations had been accepted (Government …

National Police Chiefs C…

ANG-11 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry

Strengthen information-sharing practices

By December 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force vetting and recruitment units, should ensure that information-sharing practices, including data retention policies, are strengthened in order to prevent …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC and College of Policing committing to address vetting robustness (Government accepts all …

College of Policing

ANG-13 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry

Stronger vetting aftercare and randomised re-vetting

By December 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with all force vetting units, should develop a stronger approach to force vetting aftercare in order to monitor an individual effectively …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC and College of Policing committing to address vetting robustness (Government accepts all …

College of Policing

Angiolini Inquiry

Review sexual offence allegations against serving officers

By September 2024, the National Police Chiefs' Council, in collaboration with all force vetting units, and building on the results of the recent data-washing exercise, should conduct a review of …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC Chair Chief Constable Gavin Stephens stating that ongoing national improvement plans would …

National Police Chiefs C…

Angiolini Inquiry

In-person interviews and home visits for police candidates

With immediate effect, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force recruitment, should ensure that every new candidate applying to become a police officer in any police force undergoes an …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC and College of Policing committing to address recommendations on police culture and …

College of Policing

Angiolini Inquiry

Strengthen recruitment and vetting practices

By June 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force vetting units, should take further steps to prevent those unsuitable for policing from joining the policing profession. This should …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC and College of Policing committing to address vetting robustness (Government accepts all …

College of Policing

Angiolini Inquiry

Improve vetting decision-making quality and consistency

By March 2025, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force vetting units, should take steps to improve the quality and consistency of police vetting decision-making. This should include encouraging …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC and College of Policing committing to address vetting robustness (Government accepts all …

College of Policing

FR-9 Accepted in Part

Greater Use of DBS

The Inquiry recommends that the UK government enables any person engaging an individual to work or volunteer with children on a frequent basis to check whether or not they have …

- In May 2023, the government accepted this recommendation subject to further assessment of feasibility and impact, taking into account the Bailey Review of Disclosure …

Lambeth foster carer vetting review

Lambeth Council should review the application of recruitment and vetting procedures for all current foster carers directly provided by Lambeth Council, to ensure that the procedures have been followed correctly. …

- On 15 December 2021, Lambeth Council stated that staff working with children, councillors and foster carers had appropriate and up-to-date DBS checks (Government Response, …

London Borough of Lambeth

63 Accepted in Part

Extend TRA jurisdiction to teaching assistants

The Department for Education should amend the Teachers' Disciplinary (England) Regulations 2012 to bring all teaching assistants, learning support staff and cover supervisors within the misconduct jurisdiction of the Teaching …

- In May 2023, the government stated that anyone undertaking teaching work can be referred to the Teaching Regulation Agency and that this could include …

Department for Education

DM-14 Accepted in Part

Daniel Morgan Panel

Register membership of organisations like Freemasons

All police officers and police staff should be obliged to register in confidence with the Chief Officer of their police force, at either their point of recruitment to the police …

The government has not accepted this recommendation.

Daniel Morgan Panel

Regular security clearance updates for police

Security clearance processes for police officers and police staff are fundamental to any anti-corruption strategy. Regular updating of the security status of each individual is essential to identify any concerns …

Government response: Accepted. Last substantive update was January 2025. No recent public evidence of further progress.

Metropolitan Police Serv…

Bichard Inquiry

Registration scheme for working with children

New arrangements should be introduced requiring those who wish to work with children, or vulnerable adults, to be registered. This register – perhaps supported by a card or licence – …

Government response: Accepted. Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 received Royal Assent. No independent verification has been carried out.

Bichard Inquiry

Standards for police vetting checks

HMIC should develop, with ACPO and the CRB, the standards to be observed by police forces in carrying out vetting checks. These should cover the intelligence databases to be searched, …

Government reports this recommendation as delivered. DBS introduced digital identity verification using UK passports.

HMICFRS HM Inspectorate of Const…

Bichard Inquiry

Enhanced Disclosure for school staff

All posts, including those in schools, that involve working with children, and vulnerable adults, should be subject to the Enhanced Disclosure regime.

Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 received Royal Assent.

Bichard Inquiry

Identity checking responsibilities

The Registered Bodies' precise responsibilities for checking identities need to be clarified urgently.

Government reports this recommendation as delivered. DBS introduced digital identity verification using UK passports, clarifying Registered Bodies' responsibilities for checking identities..

Bichard Inquiry

Database access for identity verification

Registered Bodies, or the CRB, should be able to check passports and driving licences presented as proof of identity against the Passport Service and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) …

Government reports this recommendation as delivered. DBS introduced digital identity verification using UK passports, confirming ability to check identity documents against official databases like the …

Bichard Inquiry

Photograph requirement for identity documents

There should be an expectation that documents produced to confirm identity should, wherever possible, include a photograph.

Government reports this recommendation as delivered. DBS introduced digital identity verification using UK passports, aligning with the expectation that identity documents should include a photograph..

Bichard Inquiry

Fingerprints for identity verification

Fingerprints should be used as a means of verifying identity.

Government response: Accepted. Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 received Royal Assent. No independent verification has been carried out.

Bichard Inquiry

Address verification guidance

Guidance should be issued to Registered Bodies on how to verify that applicants have given a full and accurate account of their current and past addresses.

Government reports this recommendation as delivered. DBS completing its 2020-2025 strategy with automation of Standard and Enhanced checks, including robust address verification procedures..

Bichard Inquiry

Information verification confirmation

Registered Bodies should be required to confirm that they have checked the information on the 'Police Check Form' in accordance with CRB guidance.

Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 received Royal Assent.

Bichard Inquiry

Broader consent on Police Check Form

The consents that applicants currently give on the 'Police Check Form' should be sufficiently broad to enable the requisite checks to be undertaken.

Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 received Royal Assent.

Bichard Inquiry

Incomplete applications returned to Registered Body

Incomplete or withdrawn applications should in future be returned to the Registered Body, and not to the applicant.

Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 received Royal Assent.

Bichard Inquiry

Overseas applicant checking

Proposals should be brought forward as soon as possible to improve the checking of people from overseas who want to work with children and vulnerable adults.

Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 received Royal Assent.

Bichard Inquiry

Additional database access for CRB

As a priority, legislation should be brought forward to enable the CRB to access the following additional databases for the purpose of vetting: Her Majesty's Customs & Excise; National Criminal …

Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 received Royal Assent.