As you may have seen from this week’s national press the Government have announced a review and remodelling of the Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. For how this affects Scouting, please read on...

In order to carry out this review the Government have halted the planned implementation of the scheme. Whilst the VBS will not now be implemented as planned, the requirement for Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Access Northern Ireland (ANI) disclosures remain unchanged. In Scouting CRB checks are therefore still required for those who: wish to become a Member or Associate Member; or may have unsupervised access to young people; or will have involvement with the handling or management of funds; or will be assisting with overnight activities (including Nights Away); or will be helping out once a month or more. It is also still our intention to implement eCRB (albeit without the VBS requirement) across England and Wales from Monday 26 July 2010, as this will reduce both local postal costs and processing times. We are currently working with the CRB to assess the impact that the removal of the VBS requirement may have on our eCRB processes. More information about the plans for 26 July onwards will be published as soon as it is available. Any queries should be directed to County Office. Updates will be published here.

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