§ Ms DrownTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the (1) annual cost of administering the Criminal Record Bureau checks for volunteers; [139687]
443W(2) annual cost of providing criminal record checks for volunteers; [139685]
(3) annual income derived from charging voluntary organisations for criminal record checks. [139686]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeWork is continuing to estimate both the likely volume of demand for checks from the voluntary sector and from other sectors wishing to make use of the services to be offered by the Criminal Records Bureau, and the costs of the Bureau and of others, such as the police, who will contribute to providing these services. These factors will need to be taken into account in setting the fees to be charged by the Bureau. The fees will be kept to the minimum necessary to recoup costs.