List 99 (also known as the Children’s Barred List[1][better source needed] and, later, as information held under Section 142 of the Education Act 2002[2]) was a controversial,[3] confidential register of people barred from working with children by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) In the United Kingdom.
[13] Under the Protection of Children Act 1999, people were placed onto List 99 if they had been convicted of, or had received a caution for, an offence against a child.
[3] In the United Kingdom, List 99 was not primarily concerned with child protection, but section 142 allows the Secretary of State for Education to prohibit certain persons from working in schools.
[citation needed] Additional reasons for inclusion were sexual or violent behaviour towards children, abuses of trust, drug offences, any violent crime (for example, conviction of rioting or football hooliganism), stealing school property and deception in job applications.
[citation needed] Medical conditions such as drug or alcohol abuse and mental illness were grounds for exclusion.