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The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) was a British non-departmental public body, that existed until 1 December 2012, when it merged with the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) to form the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The ISA was created by the Labour Government 2007-2010. The tabloid media campaign and the decision to set up the ISA followed an inquiry headed by Sir Michael Bichard that was set up in the wake of the Soham Murders. The ISA was to oversee a new Vetting and Barring Scheme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which was to have required all those working with vulnerable groups to undergo an enhanced vetting procedure before being allowed to commence any relevant duties. On 15 June 2010, the new coalition government Home Secretary Theresa May announced that plans under which all new applicants for jobs working with children and the vulnerable along with those changing posts would have to register with the Independent Safeguarding Authority were being halted and that the Vetting and Barring Scheme would be severely "scaled back". This will save the UK taxpayer around £100 million a year. The Home Secretary went on to say that the protection of children and vulnerable adults would from here on focus upon "common sense" rather than the measures Labour introduced. She said that "what we have got to do is actually trust people again (that the philosophy behind the setting up of the ISA was based upon an assumption that ) you were assumed to be guilty, in a sense, until you were proven innocent and told you were able to work with children." A review into the Vetting and Barring Scheme was published on 11 February 2011. This made recommendations for the merger of the Criminal Records Bureau and Independent Safeguarding Authority into one non-departmental public body, responsible for barring individuals and completing criminal record checks. Under the Protection of Freedoms Act, the new scheme will not require registration, nor in most cases will any details be retained on a database. The exception will be for those who are barred, whether this be on the basis of a crime or on the basis of 'soft intelligence', e.g. a dismissal by an employer. This has led to continued criticism from a variety of organizations. ==Background== The Bichard report was published on 22 June 2004 and made 31 recommendations, of which recommendation 19 called for a new registration scheme and stated: "New arrangements should be introduced requiring those who wish to work with children, or vulnerable adults, to be registered. This register – perhaps supported by a card or licence – would confirm that there is no known reason why an individual should not work with these client groups. The new register would be administered by a central body, which would take the decision, subject to published criteria, to approve or refuse registration on the basis of all the information made available to them by the police and other agencies. The responsibility for judging the relevance of police intelligence in deciding a person’s suitability would lie with the central body"〔(The Bichard Report pp 15-16 ), Home Office website〕 Of note in this recommendation is the use of the double-negative, "no known reason why an individual should not work with these client groups". This to say the ISA from its inception was not designed to clear individuals as "suitable" for work with vulnerable groups but to remove those who pose a known risk. Proposals to implement the recommendations were put to public consultation on 5 April 2005.〔(Making Safeguarding Everybody's Business: A Post-Bichard Vetting Scheme ), DCSF website〕 The results of this exercise were announced by the Rt Hon Ruth Kelly, the Secretary of State of the Department for Education and Skills, on 19 January 2006〔(SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN – REVISED ARRANGEMENTS ), Ruth Kelly 19 January 2006〕 and were translated into primary legislation, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006,〔(Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 ), OPSI website〕 which received royal assent on 8 November 2006. Within the act the ISA is referred to as the Independent Barring Board; it had been known as the ISA since August 2007,〔(disclosure news ), CRB website August 2007〕 but was only formally renamed following royal assent for the Policing and Crime Bill in 2009.〔(Policing and Crime Bill 2008-09 ), UK Parliament website〕〔(Police and Crime Bill Clause 62 ), UK Parliament website〕 The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act only covers England and Wales but comparable legislation has been passed to cover Northern Ireland〔(The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 )〕 and Scotland.〔(Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 )〕 The Department for Children, Schools and Families, as it was then known held further consultations.〔(Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006: Independent Safeguarding Authority Scheme Consultation ), DCSF website〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Independent Safeguarding Authority」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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