Diana Johnson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2015-12-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were barred from working with (a) children and (b) vulnerable adults in each of the last five years; and how many of those decisions were (i) automatic bars due to a criminal conviction which did not allow for representations, (ii) automatic bars due to a criminal conviction which did allow for representations and (iii) discretionary bars.

Karen Bradley

Tables 1 and 2 show the number of people who were added to the Children’s and Adults’ Barred Lists in each of the last five calendar years.

It is not possible to separate Autobar with or without representations before 2012. Some individuals are included in both the Children’s and Adults’ Barred list.

In 2012, a ‘Test for Regulated Activity’ was introduced meaning that barring now applies only to those who are, have been, or will be working closely with vulnerable groups.