Petitions tagged with 'Crb Checks'

• remove police cautions after 5 years
  I would like the government to get the police service to remove minor cautions after a period of 5 years of no re-offending, it is unfair that a person issued with a simple caution should pay for it all their lives by it showing up on CRB checks. It [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Change in firework legislation
  Fireworks in the correct setting can be wonderful. However the misuse of fireworks presents danger and misery to many. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 29 October 2014, Signatures: 57
• Creating employment
  Instead of bashing the unemployed how about thinking about creating jobs. First think about unemployed who might have some business idea and look at those ideas and perhaps give some loan funding a bit like the socail fund loan but for enterprise [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Monday 28 April 2014, Signatures: 1
• Ofsted should not be allowed to charge for CRB checks on volunteer preschool committee members
  The DfE have withdrawn the subsidy that paid for volunteers to have a CRB check so that they could work for free as committee members, to help run their local preschools (often charities). [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• CRB disclosure information needs change.
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  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 8 July 2014, Signatures: 15
• CRB Checks for all in public office
  For far to long in this country we have been led by corrupt officials in office. From simple planning officers taking bribes for building permission to those in parliament claiming fraudulent expenses and not to mention those bosses of the BBC who [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 4 March 2014, Signatures: 5
• CRB CHECKS ARE NOT HELPING WORK SEEKERS
  it will benefit the uk economy to rethink the laws surrounding crb checks .there are many unemployed that wants to work but are being stopped from doing so because of crb checks.i understand the importance of crb checks to check against sexual / [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 4 December 2013, Signatures: 8
• Membership of a political party should not be a factor when fostering children. There are already sufficent safeguards in place for children's welfare
  Following the astonishing news that three foster children in Rotherham were removed from their foster parents/carers because they were members of a political party (UKIP), the children had to be separated from each other (1 brother from his brother [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 30 November 2013, Signatures: 4
• Juvenile offences to be removed from CRB checks at the age of 18
  Juvenile offences are hindering peoples future aspects of a successful career because of a 'Juvenile' act of stupidity.This can only lead to more crime throughout the country as the bleak prospect of not being able to pursue your chosen career path. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 14 November 2013, Signatures: 25
• The costs of CRB checks,if a legal requirement for a job, should be paid for by the employer.
  That employers are made responsible for paying for a person's CRB check since it is the employer's post that requires them to have one so that employees,especially in low paid roles,are not faced with working for many hours (at the minimum [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 13 November 2013, Signatures: 8
• CRBs do not prove that a person is of good character
  At the moment CRB checks only prove that a person has/has not committed some kind of offence in their past. It does not, however, show that a person is suitable for the role they are applying for. It also only proves that a person has been caught. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 6 November 2013, Signatures: 4
• Prevent convicted paedophiles from re-entering the education system
  When people are convicted of abusing children, they should NEVER have the privilege of working with them again. Children should be given the maximum protection by responsible adults at a time that they will need it the most. I would like the [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• CRB checks required for Riding Establishments Licence
  I call upon the Government to change the Riding Establishments Act to include CRB checks on all people involved with the establishment before a licence is issued in order to safeguard the young persons, in particular, and any other vulnerable persons [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 10 September 2013, Signatures: 9
• Regulations for family carers caring for vulnerable adults.
  From personal experience and cases that I have read and searched; it is clear that there is not enough regulation for family carers. Many vulnerable adults are susceptible to abuse, and due to lack of regulation, carers with criminal convictions and [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 17 August 2013, Signatures: 13
• Stop Wedding Cars from becoming Taxis
  The proposal ("“Reforming the law of taxi and private hire services”") being considered by the Law Commission is for wedding cars & funeral cars to be controlled in the same way as private hire vehicles, including Local Authority licencing, CRB [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 4 October 2012, Signatures: 587
• stop cautions,reprimands,and final warnings being shown on crb checks
  put a stop to cautions,reprimands,and final warnings being shown on crb checksand on crb certificates. becouse this is having affect on people lives and there future. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• People offering tuition to children should be qualified teachers
  Tuition is an unregulated industry. Anyone can offer tuition without any teaching qualifications, any CRB checks and without being obliged to make that known to their clients. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 17 April 2013, Signatures: 32
• Reform the current law on CRB checks
  As the current law stands, once a crime (however minor) is committed, it becomes a permanent stain on the character of a person for life and stigmatizes job opportunities requiring a CRB check and the good name of a person. This becomes the case [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Remove spent convictions from CRB checks
  'Spent' convictions should not show up on any CRB checks. The law states that when a conviction is 'spent' it is legal to describe yourself as being of good character having paid your debt to society. Why therefore should livelihoods be put in [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Sunday 3 February 2013, Signatures: 68
• CRBs should be free
  CRB checks should be free to those on a low income or who are unemployed. If you are unemployed and living on £67 per week you cannot afford to pay £48.00 for a CRB check. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Friday 1 February 2013, Signatures: 2
• Link the National Insurance database and the Police National Computer to eliminate the need for costly CRB checks
  Children and vulnerable groups within society need to be protected against the risks that contact with an offender could bring. Sadly, the Soham murderers proved that. However, the current system for CRB checks is expensive and time consuming, often [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 26 January 2013, Signatures: 5
• Repremands should be removed from all CRB checks
  Currently if a child commits a minor offence at between the ages of 0-16 the most likely outcome is a reprimand. This reprimand will be shown on any enhanced CRB check until that person is 100 years old. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 10 January 2013, Signatures: 21
• People who have been not been found guilty should have their details removed from all police records
  People who have not been found guilty of a crime should have the details of the alleged offence removed from the police national computer so that more people can gain employment with the increased number of CRB checks being undertaken over the past [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 24 November 2012, Signatures: 12
• Remove the visibility of cautions for specific offences in CRB checks of all forms.
  The CRB disclosure system oversteps its original purpose and undermines rehabilitation of offenders. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 13 October 2012, Signatures: 115
• Abolish all CRB checks
  CRB checks render the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1978 completely worthless. Once a conviction is spent under the Act, it should be spent, full stop, no exceptions. CRB highlights all the wrongs of someone's life from 30 years ago while ignoring [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 6 October 2012, Signatures: 16
• Stop the proliferation of CRB checks
  Stop all CRB checks where the job does not involve working with children/vulnerable people and others sensitive roles. Currently if you wish to work in a call centre selling clothes you can be asked for a CRB. This excludes people who are trying to [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 15 December 2012, Signatures: 8
• should criminal records be deleted if 1st offence and not offended over 20 years
  should criminal offences stay on file for crb checks for 1st fence even if jailed over 3 years if no other offence has been committed for 20 years or more as this discriminates when trying to get employment everyone deserves a second chance [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 22 August 2012, Signatures: 6
• An invitation to have a discussion surrounding CRB checks and job pre-screening
  Many people had been pre-screened before taking positions of trust. A few have been well documented in the UK. The police need to speed up and get more invoilved with pre-screening. The past of a person should be kwept on recoprd and used in [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 15 August 2012, Signatures: 2
• CRB Checks to be made free for everyone
  Standard and enhanced CRB checks should be free for every type of organisation and individual that requires them for employment. This potential bill should include IT efficiency and modernisation within the police force and other organisations so [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Friday 10 August 2012, Signatures: 13
• crb checks
  not to have allegations remain on record for 10 years if you were never charged and released with no further action. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Sunday 12 August 2012, Signatures: 7
• Reduction of Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Checks
  We believe that one CRB check should be sufficient for all purposes and authorities. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 9 August 2012, Signatures: 9
• Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 needs reviewing as not all criminal offences are of equal severity
  For example, drinking and driving should not disqualify (even for a driving job) for recovered alcoholics. Also common assault is not wounding, grievous bodily harm, occasioning bodily harm, manslaughter or murder. Fraud is different from robbery or [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Friday 10 August 2012, Signatures: 11
• Remove police caution from CRB Checks
  The government should acknowledge that an individual may sometimes face certain circumstances that will lead him/her into doing something completely out of character. I find it to be unfair to be punished for the rest of his/her life. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 13 June 2015, Signatures: 57
• Care Givers
  CARE GIVERS are employed and work to give families respite for their loved ones who have become ill and vulnerable through no fault of their own. They work around the clock including all Bank Holidays including Christmas and New Year. They are all [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1