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Bichard Inquiry · The Bichard Inquiry Report · Issued 22 June 2004 · Addressed to: Home Office

Government responseHome Office: Accepted (Dec 2004)

DeliveryHome Office says completed (Nov 2005)

Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry

●Inquiry recommendation

Registered Bodies should be required to confirm that they have checked the information on the 'Police Check Form' in accordance with CRB guidance.

Bichard Inquiry, The Bichard Inquiry Report · 22 Jun 2004 Source PDF →

Published evidence summary

AI-generated evidence summary

The Home Office reported in November 2005 that the recommendation was "implemented and mainstreamed" (Home Office, Nov 2005). It had previously stated in December 2004 that a proposed change paper had been submitted to Capita, the Criminal Records Bureau's IT supplier, to introduce an amended declaration emphasising the countersignatory's responsibility to authenticate documentation, validate identity, and confirm the completeness of application details (Home Office response, Dec 2004).

Sources

Home Office, Nov 2005

AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026.

Report-level response context

The Government accepted all 31 recommendations collectively: the Home Secretary's written statement of 11 January 2005 records that "All 31 recommendations were accepted by the Government when the Inquiry reported in June 2004". No document states an acceptance decision for any single recommendation. The response shown against each recommendation is the Home Office's answer to it in the first progress report, sent to Sir Michael Bichard on 22 December 2004 and placed in the Library of the House on 11 January 2005. The Government then reported against the recommendations three more times, in November 2005, May 2006 and May 2007; the updates shown are taken from those reports.

Government response

●Home Office · Accepted · 22 Dec 2004

Words of: Home Office, Bichard Inquiry Recommendations: Progress Report, 22 December 2004

As a consequence, a Proposed Change paper has been submitted to the CRB’s principal IT supplier, Capita, with an amended declaration by the registered person to emphasise the countersignatory’s unambiguous responsibility to authenticate any documentation, validate the applicant’s identity and confirm the accuracy and completeness of the information provided on the Disclosure Application Form (DAF).

Response document: Bichard Inquiry Recommendations: Progress Report

Delivery

●Home Office says completed · 7 Nov 2005

Recommendations 24, 26, 27 and 29 are implemented and mainstreamed.

From: Bichard Inquiry Recommendations: Second Progress Report

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