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Vetting: Maladministration

Volume 491: debated on Tuesday 21 April 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many of those incorrectly designated as having a criminal conviction by the Criminal Records Bureau since the bureau's inception are aged (a) under 18, (b) 19 to 25, (c) 26 to 40, (d) 41 to 60, (e) 60 to 65 and (f) 65 years and over; (262335)

(2) how many of those incorrectly designated as having a criminal conviction by the Criminal Records Bureau since the Bureau's inception are (a) male and (b) female.

The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) has issued over 18 million disclosures since its inception in 2002. The following table represents the number of disclosures issued to applicants that had been matched to a record held on the Police National Computer (PNC) which had been challenged and subsequently upheld, broken down by age groups and gender.

Gender

Age group

Male

Female

Total

Under 18

14

29

43

18 to 25

367

294

661

26 to 40

1,223

663

1,886

41 to 60

905

489

1,394

61 to 65

62

17

79

Over 65

60

18

78

Total

2,631

1,510

4,141