Growth in CRB check mistakes

The number of errors by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) has doubled in the past 12 months according to the Daily Telegraph.


According to the newspaper, in the year up to 31 March 2009, 1,570 people were either mistakenly given criminal records, wrongly given a clean record, or accused of more serious offences than they had actually committed.


The CRB's annual report will be published next month and, according to The Telegraph, shows that 3.9 million certificates were processed by the a... (92 more words)

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