Joseph Johnson: Will my right hon. Friend give an update on recent progress she has made in reforming the Criminal Records Bureau status checks regime?

Mrs May: I am happy to give an update. We are, of course, completely changing the way in which the Criminal Records Bureau, and the previous Independent Safeguarding Agency, operate. We are creating a new bureau that will ensure that those who need to be checked will be checked and, unlike under the previous Government, many people who are volunteers helping in their community will not have their records checked.

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