§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what transitional arrangements he intends to introduce to enable criminal records checks to be made in respect of agency nurses in the first year of operation of Criminal Records Bureau disclosures. [41713]
§ Jacqui SmithParagraph 6(c) of the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 9 (England) and Transitional and Savings Provisions) order 2001 sets out the transitional arrangements for the provision to the National Care Standards Commission of documentation relating to criminal record certificates in respect of persons supplied by existing licensed nurses agencies.