Following criticism of the previous Labour government's vetting and barring scheme (VBS), moves to change the system are now in full swing.
Separate reviews of the vetting and barring processes and criminal records checks were launched last month, with the government vowing to bring the systems back to "common sense levels".
Set up in the wake of the Soham murders after a report by Lord Bichard in 2004, the VBS would have placed a legal requirement on all those working with children to register and would also have charged employers with checking their employees' status.
But after Sir Roger Singleton's review of the scheme last December, the Labour government made alterations in response to concerns raised by children's authors such as Philip Pullman, over who would be required to register.
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