§ Mr. PickthallTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many employees in the NHS require Criminal Records Bureau checks; what the total cost of those checks is; and who pays for them. [133304]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 22 October 2003]: Since the start of the Criminal Records Bureau in March 2002, approximately 170,000 disclosure applications have been received by the CRB from the national health service and primary care. The tots 1 cost in fees of these disclosures is estimated at £2,744,000. The fee for disclosures is normally met in the NHS by employers.