# Some childhood offenders may no longer have to reveal convictions to employers

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/some-childhood-offenders-may-no-longer-have-to-reveal-convictions-to-employers/
- Published: 2026-11-12T17:24:48+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T18:50:41+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Politics (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6wy0e44pjgdo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- Ministers propose limiting disclosure of some childhood convictions.
- Five offences could disappear from checks after five-and-a-half years.
- About 8,500 under-18s were convicted of those offences in four years.

## Summary

The government is proposing changes so some people in England and Wales would no longer have to disclose convictions received as children when applying for jobs. It says people who have not offended as adults can still face barriers to work because old convictions remain visible, and that the reforms would recognise rehabilitation.

Five offences committed by children would stop appearing in checks after five-and-a-half years, rather than being disclosed for life. The offences are affray, violent disorder, supplying a controlled drug to a child, robbery and assault occasioning actual bodily harm; about 8,500 under-18s were convicted of them between March 2022 and March 2026. Detention sentences under two years would have an 11-year disclosure period, while the most serious offences would remain exempt; the government is also consulting on changes to disclosure for fines, out-of-court resolutions and repeat childhood offences.

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