Question follow-through · 107394
Young Offenders: Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of requiring disclosure of offences committed by children once they reach adulthood.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Criminal Proceedings: Standards · 8 Jun 2026
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- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of requiring disclosure of offences committed by children once they reach adulthood.
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2026
Answer published
We are committed to supporting children to turn their lives around and recognise that having a criminal record can have a significant impact on children and adults who offended as a child. Sir Brian Leveson, in his Independent Review of the Criminal Court...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Criminal Proceedings: Standards
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, about the steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) fairness and (b) transparency of the Single Justice Procedure.