Omit sections 24 to 27 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (monitoring).
68. Abolition of monitoring
The Public Reading Stage was open for comments for three weeks from 15 February to 7 March 2011 and has now closed. Your suggestions will be considered by Parliamentarians as the Bill passes through the House of Commons. Thank you for your suggestions.
February 20, 2011 at 9:43 pm
if there is no one to monitor the behaviour of offenders those who wish to carry on offending will stand a higher chance of re-offending than if they were subject to scrutiny. it makes no sense to drop monitoring it needs to be tightened up and new guidelines laid down, but what would the cost in real terms be to the general public who become victims of the re-offenders
March 2, 2011 at 8:59 pm
The rationale for the exclusion of monitoring, which I agree with as it was disproportionate to the desired outcome, onerous and inefficient, is discussed here:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/crime/vbs-report?view=Binary
“We consider it far more proportionate to undertake checks, and provide bars
where necessary, only in respect of individuals likely to present a risk of harm,
and to apply bars only to the reduced range of regulated activities. Instead we
propose that criminal records checks will be available so that, using a proper
risk assessment framework, employers can make an informed decision about
the checking regime they wish to have in place. For most people, a simple
criminal records check when they first enter these areas of work will be the
result, with no compulsory Government monitoring to follow. ”
This will in part be enabled by
“Criminal record disclosures should be portable through the introduction
of a system which allows for continuous updating.
To give employers the opportunity to customise their own safe recruitment
policies and practices we propose to develop and introduce the concept of
updated criminal records disclosures as a premium service at an extra cost
available to organisations using individuals in both regulated activity and other
vulnerable group roles.
This service would save employers and voluntary bodies the burden of
undertaking repeated criminal records checks as:
• Checks on whether any new information is available, following a
previous criminal records check would be given online in real time;
• New disclosures would only be needed if information had changed;
• An annual subscription fee would finance the operation of the system
without the need for any other Government funding.”