DISCLOSING CRIMINAL RECORDS
The period in which certain criminal records must be disclosed to prospective employers has been reduced. For example, custodial sentences of more than four years will be spent seven years after the sentence has been served. Previously, they were never spent.
When are convictions spent or unspent?
| Sentence | Adults | Under 18s |
|
Adult community order
|
The length of the order |
N/A |
|
Youth rehabilitation order / Referral order
|
N/A |
The length of the order |
|
Custody of less that 1 year
|
1 year |
6 months |
|
Custody of between 1 and 4 years
|
4 years |
2 years |
|
Custody of more than 4 years
|
7 years |
3.5 years |