The Freedom Bill is due to be published in Spring 2012, following which individuals will be able to apply to have these historical convictions deleted.

The Home Secretary Theresa May announced plans to tackle inequality by treating people as individuals rather than labelling them in groups.

Once the Freedom Bill is in place, the historical convictions will no longer be released as part of a CRB check.

The Home Office has published the first bulletin out of a series of three bulletins which gives updates on the forthcoming bill:

• Download Protection of Freedom Bill Bulletin June 2011

• Download Impact Assessment on proposed changes to the Vetting & Barring Scheme

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