IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL VOLUNTARY GROUPS, PLEASE SHARE
If your organisation has volunteers who need to be disclosure checked this proposed change will affect you! Please read and respond to the consultation on fees.
Closing date - 28 May 2024
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT AND DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND CONSULTING ON POTENTIAL CHANGES TO FEES FOR DISCLOSURE APPLICATIONS AND PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE GROUP SCHEME MEMBERSHIP
There have not been any changes to fees since 2011. However, the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 introduced new types of disclosure (Level 1 and Level 2 disclosures) so there will be new regulations on fees.
Currently, Disclosure Scotland waives fees for any applications to join the PVG scheme and all subsequent disclosure records when people are doing regulated work in a voluntary and unpaid capacity for a Qualifying Voluntary Organisation (QVO). The cost of applications to join and any subsequent scheme records is met by Disclosure Scotland and the wider Scottish Government.
Disclosure Scotland is proposing to move to a fee discount structure for volunteers doing regulated roles in QVOs.
In addition from 1 April 2026, lifetime PVG scheme membership will end, being replaced with a time limited membership. PVG scheme membership will last 5 years before you need to renew it.
Details of the proposed fees can be found https://www.gov.scot/.../disclosure-scotland-act-2020.../
You can respond to this consultation online at Disclosure Scotland fees: https://consult.gov.scot/.../fees-discounting-waivers-and...
You can save and return to your responses while the consultation is still open.
