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Date revealed for start of new vetting scheme

The government is to hand control of vetting and barring of children's workers over to the newly created Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) from 20 January.

All employers must send their referrals for List 99 and the Protection of Children Act list - which record the names of people banned from working with children - to the ISA rather than the Department for Children, Schools and Families and Department of Health from this date.

An ISA spokesman said: "This should not cause any disruption for employers. It will hopefully mean minimal change with the main difference being that referrals are sent to a different place."

But as CYP Now was going to press, the ISA had still not released these new contact details. It has pledged to have them in place by the 20 January deadline. A series of roadshows is also being organised to explain the work of the new organisation to employers.

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