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More than £500m spent on ‘out of control’ criminal records checks says Willott

August 23, 2009 4:13 PM
Originally published by UK Liberal Democrats

More than £500m has been spent on Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) checks since 2002, the Liberal Democrats have revealed. The rate of checks being carried out has also trebled since they were introduced, while the fees charged for carrying them out have also increased dramatically.

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