how long would a police caution take to go?

Answer 1

Go where? It stays with you for 5 years and if you reoffend during this time, the original offence can be resurrected.

Answer 2

The caution is a form of conviction without the need to attend court. this will remain on you police record for the rest of your life, but you only need to disclose the caution to employers etc for 5 years with some exceptions. The exceptions are were you work with children or in sensitive jobs like the government, armed forces or Police forces.

try www.nacro.org.uk for more advice.

Answer 3

The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act applies here.

Cautions
Cautions, reprimands and final warnings are not criminal convictions and so are not dealt with by the Act.
( my note Therefore they cannot become spent, they never legally "Go") So if people with cautions, reprimands or final warnings only are asked whether they have any 'criminal convictions' they can answer 'no'. Sometimes people are asked if they have a 'criminal record'. This is a less precise term, but it is usually understood to mean convictions. So people who are asked if they have a 'criminal record' may also answer 'no' if they have no convictions.

However, people who are specifically asked if they have cautions, reprimands or final warnings should disclose them until they are deleted from police records. Records of cautions should be deleted after five years if there are no convictions on the record. (In practice, some police forces may retain records of cautions for much longer than this or indefinitely.)

There are some situations in which people will be expected to declare their convictions, even if they are spent. Some of the principal ones are:
Appointment to any post providing accommodation, care, leisure and recreational facilities, schooling, social services, supervision or training to people aged under 18. Such posts include teachers, school caretakers, youth and social workers, child minders.
Employment involving providing social services to elderly people, mentally or physically disabled people, alcohol or drug misusers or the chronically sick.
Appointment to any office or employment involving the administration of justice, including police officers, probation officers, traffic wardens.
Admission to certain professions which have legal protection (including lawyers, doctors, dentists, nurses, chemists, and accountants).
Appointment to jobs where national security may be at risk (for example, certain posts in the civil service, defence contractors).

Answer 4

a record of police caution is kept up to five years, you don't have to admit to a caution for reasons of employment , credit or when applying for a passport,never less if you were to get in to trouble again the police could put the caution into practise at a court,it could mean that a heaver fine would be imposed or added to a sentence,to keep out of trouble is the easy way

Answer 5

5 years.

Answer 6

depends if you are a minor or not.
friend of mine got charged at 17 and cautioned and depending on what it is it stays on your record for life.
if its theft or anything like that i think it stays but its down to the employer to look at it like yeah they were 17 adn young and stupid.
check with the CAB i would to make sure.

Answer 7

a family member of 15 was cautioned for assault Shes been told she has to behave for 5yrs.

Answer 8

It stays on your police record for life

Answer 9

If you mean how long is it valid/active for, i think it is 2 years. But don't quote me on that.

Answer 10

Mine came off a couple of years ago, it lasted 5years.