Fees for criminal record checks have been frozen for the second year running as a direct result of year-on-year efficiency savings and increasing demand for its service.

Fees for 2007/2008 will be: Standard CRB check - £31.00, enhanced CRB check - £36.00, POVAFirst check - £6.00 and volunteers - free.

CRB chief executive Vince Gaskell says: "Throughout 2007/08, we launched new services and made enhancements to our current service bringing real benefits to our customers. All of this has been achieved without the need to increase the fees, representing a reduction in real terms in the cost of a CRB check. Over the next twelve months the CRB will continue to enhance its existing service and invest in new services to ensure that the CRB continues to deliver a first-class public service."

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