If the person in question does have a record, and as a result children are put at risk, the police will be allowed to consider sharing this information.
The measure would not replace the checks already carried out by the Criminal Records Bureau, on anyone working with children. It will instead allow parents, carers and guardians to check on people involved in the lives of children.
The example provided by the government was that of a single mother who might want to find out more about her new boyfriend. Currently only 20 per cent of child sexual offences are committed by strangers.
The pilot will test the effectiveness of giving the general public a more formal mechanism for requesting police information and will be carried out in Cambridgeshire, Cleveland, Hampshire and Warwickshire.
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