To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will place in the Library a copy of the Office of the Third Sector guidelines on Criminal Records Bureau checks for volunteers issued to local authorities. (287285)

The Office of the Third Sector’s guidance on Criminal Records Bureau checks was published in June 2008 and is available on the following websites.

The Office of the Third Sector

www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector.

The Criminal Records Bureau

www.crb.gov.uk.

Volunteering England

www.volunteering.org.uk.

Following comments from Third Sector stakeholders a copy of the guidance was distributed to local authorities by the Local Government Association in May 2009.

The guidance document has been placed in the Libraries in the House.