Recent events...

 

Jan 2008 (Commencing late 2008)

The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act lays the foundation for a new scheme which aims to help avoid harm, or risk of harm, to children and vulnerable adults. The responsibility for taking barring decisions under the new arrangements will lie with a new Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) - previously known as the Independent Barring Board (IBB), which will be an independent statutory body. The application processes for decisions will be run by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB). The scheme will be implemented from autumn 2008 and will be phased in over a period of years.

The new ISA Scheme will build on current legislation around pre and post employment checks to provide a more robust system to prevent unsuitable people gaining access to vulnerable adults and children.