Enhanced Disclosures
These are for posts involving a far
greater degree of contact with children or vulnerable adults.
In general the type of work will involve regularly caring for, supervising, training
or being in sole charge of such people. Examples include a Teacher, Scout or
Guide leader, Martial Arts Instructor etc.
The Enhanced Disclosure contains details
of all convictions held on the Police National Computer including current and
'spent' convictions as well as details of any cautions, reprimands or final warnings.
If a position involves working with children, the Disclosure will indicate
whether information is held on government department lists, held by the Department
of Health and the Department for Education and Skills, of those who are banned
from working with children. The Disclosure also includes information held by
the Department of Health of those considered unsuitable to work with vulnerable
adults.
Enhanced Disclosures are also issued for certain statutory purposes such as
gaming and lottery licences.
This level of Disclosure involves an additional level of check to those carried
out for the Standard Disclosure. An Enhanced Disclosure includes a check on
local police records. Where local police records contain additional information
that might be relevant to the post the applicant is being considered for, the
Chief Officer of police may release information for inclusion in an Enhanced
Disclosure. Exceptionally, and in a very small number of circumstances
(typically to protect the integrity of current police investigations),
additional information may be sent under separate cover to the Counter
signatory and should not be revealed to the applicant.