The Home Secretary has announced the national roll-out of a scheme that allows parents to ask police whether people with access to their family are sex offenders.
The scheme, which protected more than 60 children from abuse during its pilot, will be rolled-out nationally by spring of next year.
Under the scheme a parent, carer, guardian or another interested party, can ask the police to check whether someone who has access to their children has a record of committing child sexual offences.
If they are found to have convictions for sexual offences against children, and pose a risk of causing serious harm to the child or children concerned, then this information may be disclosed.
Further information is available on the Home Office website.