Independent Safeguarding Authority
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The Independent Safeguarding Authority was a UK public body responsible for vetting individuals to prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, particularly children and vulnerable adults.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Independent Safeguarding Authority canonical | 5 |
| Independent Safeguarding Authority regime | 1 |
| Independent Safeguarding Authority scheme | 1 |
| Vetting and Barring Scheme | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4327995 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Independent Safeguarding Authority Context triple: [Disclosure and Barring Service, replaced, Independent Safeguarding Authority]
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A.
Office of Child and Youth Protection
The Office of Child and Youth Protection is a department of the U.S. Catholic bishops dedicated to implementing and overseeing policies and programs that prevent child abuse and ensure safe environments within the Church.
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B.
Child Protection Division
The Child Protection Division is a specialized unit of the Circuit Court of Cook County that handles cases involving child abuse, neglect, and the welfare of minors.
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C.
Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales)
The Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales) is a government body that protects people who lack mental capacity by overseeing deputies and lasting powers of attorney and maintaining related public registers.
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D.
Protective Services Bureau
The Protective Services Bureau is a specialized division of the United States Capitol Police responsible for safeguarding members of Congress, key facilities, and critical events associated with the U.S. Capitol.
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E.
Protective Services Bureau
The Protective Services Bureau is a division of the Philippines’ Department of Social Welfare and Development responsible for programs that safeguard and support vulnerable and at-risk individuals and communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Independent Safeguarding Authority Target entity description: The Independent Safeguarding Authority was a UK public body responsible for vetting individuals to prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, particularly children and vulnerable adults.
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A.
Office of Child and Youth Protection
The Office of Child and Youth Protection is a department of the U.S. Catholic bishops dedicated to implementing and overseeing policies and programs that prevent child abuse and ensure safe environments within the Church.
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B.
Child Protection Division
The Child Protection Division is a specialized unit of the Circuit Court of Cook County that handles cases involving child abuse, neglect, and the welfare of minors.
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C.
Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales)
The Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales) is a government body that protects people who lack mental capacity by overseeing deputies and lasting powers of attorney and maintaining related public registers.
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D.
Protective Services Bureau
The Protective Services Bureau is a division of the Philippines’ Department of Social Welfare and Development responsible for programs that safeguard and support vulnerable and at-risk individuals and communities.
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E.
Protective Services Bureau
The Protective Services Bureau is a specialized division of the United States Capitol Police responsible for safeguarding members of Congress, key facilities, and critical events associated with the U.S. Capitol.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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non-departmental public body ⓘ public body ⓘ |
| aim |
improve safeguarding arrangements
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protect children from harm ⓘ protect vulnerable adults from harm ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
regulated activity with children
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regulated activity with vulnerable adults ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| focus |
prevention of access to vulnerable groups by unsuitable individuals
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risk-based assessment of individuals ⓘ |
| function |
assessing risk posed by individuals to vulnerable groups
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deciding whether individuals should be barred from regulated activity ⓘ maintaining barred lists of individuals ⓘ making barring decisions based on criminal records and other information ⓘ receiving referrals from employers and professional regulators ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England
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Northern Ireland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Disclosure and Barring Service ⓘ |
| method | vetting and barring scheme ⓘ |
| monitoredGroup |
children
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vulnerable adults ⓘ |
| oversightArea | workforce checks for people working with vulnerable groups ⓘ |
| parentDepartment | Home Office ⓘ |
| policyArea |
criminal records and barring
ⓘ
home affairs ⓘ public protection ⓘ |
| regulatedActivityDefinitionSource | Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 ⓘ |
| replaced | previous fragmented barring arrangements ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Disclosure and Barring Service ⓘ |
| responsibility |
preventing unsuitable people from working with children
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preventing unsuitable people from working with vulnerable adults ⓘ vetting individuals who work with vulnerable groups ⓘ |
| scope |
paid work with vulnerable groups
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unpaid work with vulnerable groups ⓘ voluntary work with vulnerable groups ⓘ |
| sector |
adult safeguarding
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child protection ⓘ safeguarding ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| typeOfVetting | safeguarding vetting ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Criminal Records Bureau
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employers in regulated sectors ⓘ police forces in the United Kingdom ⓘ professional regulatory bodies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Independent Safeguarding Authority Description of subject: The Independent Safeguarding Authority was a UK public body responsible for vetting individuals to prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, particularly children and vulnerable adults.
Referenced by (8)
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linked to: Independent Safeguarding Authority
subject linked to:
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DBS
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DBS