To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether hon. Members will be required to register with the Independent Safeguarding Authority before visiting (a) schools and (b) youth groups in their constituencies or elsewhere under the provisions of the Vetting and Barring Scheme; and if he will make a statement. (288768)

No individual will be required to register on the basis that they are merely visiting a school or youth group; they must be carrying out regulated activities as defined under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, which includes work on behalf of the establishment or ‘work of a specified type’ such as the provision of care or guidance to young people. An MP teaching a class on politics or regularly volunteering with a youth group would be required to register as would any private citizen.