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<p>In line with the commitment made in the Civil Service Workforce Plan all DWP recruitment
has been ‘External by Default’ since August 2020. It is therefore departmental policy
that all permanent vacancies, including those that would result in promotion for an
existing employee, are advertised externally unless there is clear rationale for not
doing so.</p><p> </p><p>To comply with CS Commission Recruitment Principles, our external
recruitment is Fair, Open and Merit based and as a Disability Confident Leader all
our advertised campaigns, internal or external, carries the Disability Confident Logo
to make this clear to applicants. We are committed to offering an interview to any
disabled candidate, internal or external, who applies under the Disability Confident
Scheme and meets the minimum criteria for the role.</p><p> </p><p>It is only within
internal recruitment exercises, where candidates are asked if they are applying on
promotion, as such, we only hold data on promotion figures for internally advertised
campaigns.</p><p> </p><p>The figures in the table show the number of DWP candidates
who declared themselves as having a disability, or who applied for internal vacancies
under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme, and their progression through the recruitment
process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Internal Recruitment
Campaigns Only </strong>(applying on promotion) **</p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applications
received from DWP candidates who <strong>declared</strong> themselves as having a
disability, <strong>or</strong> who applied under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.</p></td><td><p><strong>152</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number
of the above candidates who were successful at sift stage and invited to interview.</p></td><td><p><strong>28</strong>
(18.4%)</p></td><td><p><strong>37</strong> (15.2%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number
of the above candidates who were successful at interview stage and made an offer.</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong>
(5.9%)</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong> (2.5%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>.</strong><strong>**
</strong>Applications made by internal DWP candidates for internally advertised DWP
/ Cross Government vacancies, on promotion.</p>
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