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<p>The Department for Transport facilitates all its recruitment through the Civil
Service Jobs recruitment platform and has done so since March 2013. This platform
does not ask for applicants to enter any criminal record history or declarations at
the point of applying. The Department therefore has been aligned with the aims of
the Ban the Box initiative from this time.</p><p> </p><p>It is only if an individual
is successful in being selected for a role, that information on an individual’s criminal
record is requested from the Government Recruitment Service on our behalf in order
to conduct the required pre-employment checking.</p><p> </p><p>If an individual does
have a criminal record, they are not automatically discounted from being employed
by the department and it is for the relevant HR Departments to make a decision as
to whether the nature of the offence would prevent the individual from being able
to carry out the job role as well as the level of risk.</p>
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