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25 June 2008
More than 20,000 people who applied to work with children and vulnerable adults last year were prevented from doing so because background checks by the Criminal Records Bureau indicated that they posed a potential threat.
Over the last four years, 80,000 people were prevented from working with vulnerable people because of their criminal records checks.
In addition to high levels of protection for children and vulnerable adults, the CRB has achieved record levels of customer satisfaction - 92% of customers said they were happy with the service they received.
Helping agencies hire safely
The CRB helps public, private and voluntary organisations identify job applicants unsuitable to work with vulnerable people.
Home Office Minister Meg Hillier emphasised that the government takes the protection of children and vulnerable adults extremely seriously.
'These results are impressive and clearly demonstrate that employers also recognise the importance of criminal records checks in the protection of the most vulnerable in our society.'
The bureau began work in 2002. It has conducted 16 million checks, and has the capacity to process 300,000 checks every month.
