Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to work with representatives of the aid and development sector to ensure UK nationals are required to undertake enhanced DBS checks.

The Government is committed to ensuring that UK aid sector employers have access to the information they need to make informed recruitment decisions.

FCDO and Home Office officials will work with representatives of the aid and development sector to ensure that the existing criminal record disclosure regime is being used as effectively as possible. Officials will seek to clarify the nature and scope of any issues faced by hiring organisations, and will take steps to ensure that employers in the sector are fully aware of the most appropriate route for criminal records checks depending on the location of recruitment decisions and the type of activity involved.