This goes some way to address a key recommendation in Sir Michael Bichard's report into the Soham murders, that the Government needs to improve global exchange of information about people deemed unsuitable to work with children.
It is also in talks with the Australian government to develop "reciprocal arrangements".
Meanwhile, Bichard has accepted the Government's view that the setting up of a register of all those working with children is "unworkable", according to a spokeswoman for his inquiry.
But while he supports a watered-down register, which will contain details of people considered unsuitable for work with children, last week he said the Government had to move faster in developing legislation if the register is to be set up by a deadline of 2007.
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