Vetting and barring scheme to be put on hold.
Tue, Jun 15th, 2010
Home Secretary Theresa May has announced that registration, which was due to begin in July 2010 has been put on hold. There will be a review of the entire vetting and barring scheme, with a scaling back to "common-sense levels". Mrs May told the BBC:
"You were assumed to be guilty until you were proven innocent, and told you were able to work with children.....All sorts of groups out there were deeply concerned about this and how it was going to affect them. There were schools where they were very concerned that foreign exchanges could be finished as a result of this, parents were worried about looking after other people's children after school."
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