Sir Roger Singleton CBE (born November 1942)[1] is chair of the Independent Safeguarding Authority (now part of the Disclosure and Barring Service) and the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.
In 2003 as chief executive of Barnardo's he was criticised for supporting emotionally manipulative advertising campaigns to raise the charity's profile.
[citation needed] The ISA was set up to deliver its responsibilities under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (2006) and as part of the Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS).
In his role as Chief Advisor, Sir Roger was asked by Ed Balls the then Children's Minister to undertake a 'check' on the Government's definition of 'regulated activity' – the guidance which would define whether someone needed to be registered under the Scheme.
In 2010, the Coalition Government initially announced a delay to registration and then undertook a review of the VBS, which proposed a series of amendments to the Scheme including the abolition of the need to register.