Almost three million background checks were carried out on people in England and Wales last year, says privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch. Some 2,981,958 checks were made in the 12 months to 18 ...

The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has revealed that checks from the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) were causing members to miss out work, due to which young patients were missing out on surgery. The ...

THE Court of Appeal yesterday ruled that the law forcing people to disclose all previous criminal convictions in job applications is a breach of human rights. The court said legal requirements forcing ...

Image caption, CRB checks require the disclosure of all criminal convictions or cautions, regardless of their relevance to the job. 25 January 2013 Blanket criminal records checks are not "compatible" ...

A Government agency set up to protect children has branded hundreds of innocent people criminals, it has emerged. In the year to February, almost 700 applicants for jobs in teaching, nursing, ...

Millions of employees and volunteers will no longer have to apply for a new criminal records check every time they apply for a job, the Home Office announced today. Individuals will only need to apply ...

The Criminal Records Bureau has more than doubled its capacity to process applications and is able to step up check... The Criminal Records Bureau has more than doubled its capacity to process ...

A Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) spokesperson told Computer Weekly, "There are no plans for the CRB to take or retain applicants' fingerprints in a database." Computer Weekly reported last week that ...

Criminal Records Bureau outlines five-year strategy... The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) has outlined initial plans for integrating ID cards into the criminal record vetting process as part of a ...

If you are a contractor or work for a contracting company, you may be wondering whether or not you need a CRB check to carry out your work on sites. This depends entirely on where and what the sites ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...