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<p>In the last twenty years there have been 24 Home Office officials who have been
convicted of Misconduct in Public Office. All received a custodial sentence, and all
were convicted before 2015. Since then, the Crown Prosecution Service have moved towards
using more specific charges such as theft, assisting unlawful immigration and bribery.</p><p>A
breakdown for each year is provided below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Convicted
of abuse of position</p></td><td><p>Custodial sentence received</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The Home Office conducts robust pre-appointment checks in accordance with the
HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standards prior to employment being offered. The Home
Office also carries out National Security Vetting on all its employees, which considers
both spent and unspent convictions for this and all other offences.</p>
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