§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what arrangements she has put in place to check the criminal records of school governors. [16592]
§ Mrs. GillanSchool governors are not covered by the present arrangements for criminal record checks because they do not satisfy the criterion of having substantial unsupervised access to children on a regular basis. However, the new arrangements that the Government are proposing in the Police Bill [Lords] will enable criminal record checks to be made on governors and a range of other groups that are not covered at present.