The decision to exempt childcarers followed a campaign against the 12 fee led by the National Childminding Association (NCMA). In February the charity warned the Home Affairs select committee on charging for criminal record checks that making childminders pay for checks on all the adults in their household could lead to a drop in the number of registered childminders. NCMA chief executive Gill Haynes said then, 'So many Government strategies now rely on increasing the numbers of registered carers to enable families to participate in work and training while their children are cared for in a safe environment. The prospect of charging childminders and their families for criminal record checks therefore seems deeply unwise.'
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