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Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007: Scottish Vetting and Barring Scheme: Analysis of Consultation on Policy Proposals for Secondary Legislation

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Annex 6: List of polling questions from Central Registered Body in Scotland ( CRBS) events

Please note: At the PVG events electronic polling was used, and percentages were worked out on the base of the number of people who responded to each question, and for the majority of questions (all except Q6) respondents were only allowed to select one option. At the CRBS events people sometimes voted for more than one option even though they were only meant to choose one, as the options were mutually exclusive, percentages were also worked out on the base of the number of people attending the event, rather than the number who answered a particular question therefore percentages do not always add up to 100.

Total Responses: 176

Opening Session

1. What sector are you from?

  • Statutory Sector

19%

  • Voluntary Sector

72%

  • Private Sector

8%

  • Regulatory Sector

1%

  • None of the above

4%

2. What is your area of work / service delivery?

  • Early Years

17%

  • Justice / Police

3%

  • Social Work / Social Care

25%

  • Education

19%

  • Sport, Leisure, Arts

19%

  • Health and Community Care

25%

  • Community, Faith, Youth

30%

  • Housing and Regeneration

10%

  • Corporate Services

2%

  • None of the above

15%

3. How well do you understand the vetting and barring scheme established by the PVG Act?

  • Not well

17%

  • Familiar with basics

69%

  • Well

13%

  • Detailed

1%

Session One
Definitions of regulated work and protected adult

4. Do you believe an individual should be a protected adult if they are in receipt of any health service?

  • Yes

40%

  • No

48%

  • Don't Know

10%

5. How should welfare services be defined? By:

  • The nature of the service

22%

  • An explicit list of prescribed

26%

  • The personal characteristics of the individual receiving care

46%

  • An alternative

9%

  • Receiving a welfare service should not make an individual a protected adult

10%

6. In which circumstances should Disclosure information be shared with a third party organisation?

  • School Bus Contractors

85%

  • Maintenance Contractors

70%

  • Direct Payments

68%

  • Letting Premises for Regulated Work

53%

  • Never

5%

Session Two
Referrals and listing

What convictions should lead to automatic listing?

  • None - automatic listing should never happen

8%

  • There should be separately specified lists of convictions for work with children and for work with protected adults

28%

  • There should be a single list of convictions that should lead to an automatic bar from any type of regulated work

61%

8. Which of the following types of offences should lead to automatic consideration for listing on the children's list?

  • Only those in Schedule 1 of the PVG Act

3%

  • Schedule 1 offences and other sexual offences

18%

  • All of the above and offences where the victim is likely to be an adult

66%

  • Don't Know

11%

Session Three
Vetting Information

9. Should relevant information from regulatory bodies be prescribed as vetting information?

  • Yes

91%

  • No

5%

  • Don't Know

5%

10. Should relevant information from councils be prescribed as vetting information?

  • Yes

70%

  • No

13%

  • Don't Know

16%

11. If council information was prescribed, should Child and Adult Protection Committees be used as the conduit for vetting information?

  • Yes

52%

  • No

12%

  • Don't Know

35%

12. Should vetting information from regulatory bodies and councils be withheld from scheme record Disclosure certificates?

  • Vetting information from Regulatory Bodies should be withheld

2%

  • Vetting information from Councils should be withheld

9%

  • Vetting information from either source should be withheld

15%

  • Vetting information should not be withheld

47%

  • Don't Know

27%

Session Four
Fees and Retrospective checking

13. Should Scheme Membership be phased in through:

  • Natural turnover

14%

  • A managed process of retrospective

83%

14. In the absence of structured retrospective checking, would your organisation:

  • Organise it's own retrospective checking for existing

74%

  • Allow natural turnover to complete this process over time

15%

15. If retrospective checking is to be undertaken, which of the following options for prioritising retrospective checking do you prefer?

  • By date of last Disclosure

82%

  • By Sector

9%

  • By a random personal characteristic

2%

  • None of the above - an alternative approach

3%

16. What kind of charging regime would you prefer?

  • Two tier

17%

  • Two tier with all subsequent checks at a lower tier

31%

  • Annual subscription

31%

  • Another option

11%

Final session

17. How well do you understand the vetting and barring scheme established by the PVG Act, having seen the presentations?

  • Not well

5%

  • Familiar with basics

51%

  • Well

40%

  • Detailed

1%

And finally

18. How would you like to be kept up to date with vetting and barring scheme implementation plans and progress? Pick your top three in order of preference:

  • Monthly e-mail bulletins with links to relevant information

43%

  • Quarterly e-mail newsletter with links to relevant information

55

  • Quarterly printed and posted newsletter with relevant fact sheets enclosed

43%

  • Scottish Government website

23%

  • Disclosure Scotland website

31%

  • CRBS website

40%

  • Representative, regulatory and member organisations communications channels

22%

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