Transcript of a letter from the CRB in response to an enquiry from Derek H. Latimer F.Inst.V. Executive Chairman of the Institute Of Videography in June 2004.

Dear Mr Latimer

Thank you for your letter of 5 June to Penny Jones, about the fact that videography has been banned by some schools in the belief that videographers must have a Disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau before they can work with children and those at risk. I am sorry not to have replied to your letter before now.

I can confirm that your understanding of the situation is correct. That is, that it is not necessary to ask visitors to schools to apply for a Disclosure if they only have contact with children on an ad hoc or irregular basis for short periods of time, and do not have unsupervised contact with the children.

I enclose a copy of guidance which we issued to schools in December, entitled 'Criminal Records Bureau: Managing Demand for Disclosures'. This contains practical examples of circumstances when we consider that it is or is not appropriate to obtain a Disclosure on volunteers and visitors. The guidance is also available on the Internet at: http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/index.cfm?id=3334 .

Yours sincerely,