IDG61170 – Procedure for disclosing to others (government): Criminal Records Bureau and Disclosure Scotland

The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), and its Scottish equivalent Disclosure Scotland (DS), are the government agencies which undertake checks on criminal records in order to help organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors by identifying candidates who may be unsuitable to work with children or other vulnerable members of society.

There are powers in the legislation that created both bodies for further legislation to be drafted which could permit HMRC to disclose information to the CRB and DS. However, this further legislation has not yet been implemented. Therefore, HMRC may not yet disclose any information to either CRB or DS.