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Source : Statistical Returns from Local Authorities (PIB) |
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will re-examine the appropriateness of the level of registration fee charged under the independent Safeguarding Authorities scheme; and on what basis the present fee was calculated. [221540]
Meg Hillier: I have been asked to reply.
The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) Scheme is a new mandatory work force vetting scheme set up under the auspices of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 to improve protection for children and vulnerable adults.
This scheme, which replaces some existing work force checking procedures, will come into operation in October 2009.
The application fees referred to are additional to the existing Disclosure Service fees charged by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB). It is envisaged that the total fee will be charged to users of the service by CRB, with a pass through of this element to ISA.
As a self-funding service, the proposed additional fee chargeable to users of the scheme has been calculated to recover the full economic costs of the service over the first 54 months of operation, based on the estimate of paying users. Fee levels have been calculated to fully fund the scheme but not to return a profit.
All employed applicants, whether in part-time or full-time employment and regardless of salary level, will be expected to pay to be checked to ensure that they do not pose a risk to vulnerable groups.
Applicants will be required to pay a one-off fee of £64 at point of initial application to join the scheme. This fee will cover the applicants life within the scheme and they will not be required to pay for further or repeat checks.
However, applicants who work exclusively in unpaid voluntary capacities will not pay for the service but will be subsidised by the fees from paying users.
Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what changes to projects funded by her Department have been made as a result of implementation of the Stamp Duty Land Tax (Exemption of Certain Acquisitions of Residential Property) Regulations 2008. [223362]
Caroline Flint: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury today. (PQ 223363).
Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 12 June 2008, Official Report, columns 392-3W, on water supply, what the evidential basis is for the establishment of (a) the benchmark in the Code for Sustainable Homes of 80 litres of water per person per day at Level 5 and (b) the proposed building regulation design performance standard of 125 litres per person per day; what estimate she has made of the number of homes expected to achieve each target by 2021; and if she will make a statement. [217141]
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