The Isle of Man only has direct agreements for disclosure and barring services with England and Scotland.

The service provides records checks on potential employees working in such areas as with children or vulnerable people.

Julie Edge (LibVannin, Onchan) raised the matter in the House of Keys, asking with which countries the Isle of Man had DBS agreements.

Home Affairs Minister Bill Malarkey said: ’The department has signed agreements with Disclosure Scotland for basic checks and United Kingdom Disclosure and Barring Service in England for all other categories of checks.

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’There is a basic check provided through an agreement with Disclosure Scotland. There is then a standard check; there is an enhanced check; and there is an enhanced check with barring.

’We use Liverpool for all the other checks.’

International agreements with England meant that anyone on a barred list elsewhere would automatically be notified to England, he said

Mrs Edge expressed concern about the impact of new data rules.

’I am talking about beyond those borders and how we are doing checks,’ she said. ’Obviously, the minister is aware that we have got the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) legislation coming into force in 2018.

’What impact is that going to have on the island with regard to doing any checks?

Mr Malarkey replied: ’When significant and serious offences are known, these will be included in the police national computer, which will trigger an investigation depending on the type of check brought forward.

’So, it would then trigger the investigation outside the United Kingdom, if necessary, by the barring company.’