20. Will there be financial support to organisations to enable them to plan and prepare for the scheme going live?
A range of support will be available to organisations, including clear and accessible guidance, training, telephone and web-based advice. In addition, the phasing of the workforce into the vetting and barring scheme will be carefully planned, in partnership with organisations, to minimise the impact. It is the intention that organisations will not incur significant additional costs to introduce the scheme as it will be replacing the existing disclosure process that organisations participate in already, while removing the repetitive elements of current arrangements. Additional support will be made available to the voluntary sector via the Central Registered Body for Scotland.