The Standing Committee for Youth Justice (SCYJ), which represents more than 40 organisations associated with the youth justice sector, said criminal records have an "inevitable negative impact" on future employment opportunities, which are crucial to rehabilitation.
It wants the work and pensions select committee to consider the issue as part of its current inquiry.
"We feel it is important that the committee considers the significant impact criminal records have on the employment opportunities of children and young people as part of this inquiry," a letter from SCYJ chair Ali Wigzell to Labour MP Frank Field, chair of the committee, states.
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