Yes, bJohn, all very simple and straightforward.
Until, that is, you gain employment by just answering “no” (which is false) and then are accused of obtaining the job by telling lies and are sacked.
My earlier post was not really a direct answer to ummmm’s question (for which I apologise) and I was simply trying to broaden the debate. His interview will not show up on a CRB check, but it will show up if the ISA were doing the checking. And it will not be long before employers use questions about those checks (such as, “would a check by the ISA reveal any adverse results?”) when screening out prospective employees.
Individuals should not be put in the position of either having to tell lies or face being screened out for telling the truth when that truth shows no guilt. It is quite clear that employers are circumventing the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (which provides for convictions to be “spent” after a period of time). And the government is complicit in helping them do so by maintaining and making available details of people who have not been convicted of any crime.