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1693577

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date	04/03/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many civil servants in his Department have a criminal conviction.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	16792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally by the Department and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department. The Department undertakes Baseline Personnel Security Standard pre-employment checks for all new joiners. The FCDO's approach to employ those with a criminal record is assessed at national security level and all decisions are made in line with Cabinet Office's Security Vetting Guidance.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 14/03/2024 16:53:03 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1693578

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil servants in his Department have a criminal conviction.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	16793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not centrally held and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department.</p><p>HM Treasury’s approach to employ those with a criminal record is assessed at national security level and all decisions are made in line with Cabinet Office’s Security Vetting Guidance.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 12/03/2024 14:32:57 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1693579

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants in his Department have a criminal conviction.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	16794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>All Home Office staff considered for appointment undergo stringent pre-employment and security checks before taking up post.</p><p>We recognise the contribution that former offenders can make to our workforce, however, in deciding whether to make an appointment we would consider a range of factors, including the nature of the position and the circumstances of the offence. However, to determine those members of staff with a criminal conviction in our current workforce can only be obtained with disproportionate effort.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 12/03/2024 15:56:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1693580

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department have a criminal conviction.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	16795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>This information is not centrally held and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, Civil Service applicants must declare any criminal convictions during the application process. This is reviewed during the security clearance process run by UKSV. The Ministry of Defence does not routinely employ people with unspent convictions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 13/03/2024 15:07:18 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1693582

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil servants in his Department have a criminal conviction.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	16797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>As of September 2023, there were 101,276[1] (FTE) staff in post across the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).</p><p>To provide the quantitative base to answer this PQ, this could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost. This would require manually entering each individual record to extract the data and engaging with all workplaces across England and Wales to ascertain locally managed/ recorded information.</p><p> </p><p>All Ministry of Justice staff are held to high levels of professional and personal conduct and are subject to pre-employment vetting checks to ensure suitability for employment into post. Across the MoJ, all directly employed roles require a minimum of Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) level to enter the organisation and this includes a request of criminal conviction history. For any roles requiring a higher security level, roles may require an enhanced DBS check or be subject to National Security Vetting (NSV) checks which are carried out externally by UK Security Vetting (UKSV).</p><p> </p><p>Across the MoJ, we must act in accordance with the high expectations that the Government and members of the public expect from us to ensure we drive our vision to deliver a world-class justice system that works for everyone. People are at the heart of what we do, and security and safety considerations are paramount in ensuring we welcome the right people to come to work for us to deliver our objectives. This might mean that some people may not ever be considered suitable to hold employment with us because of their background. Criminal conviction history of the applicant, including offence type and length of time since conviction will be assessed during vetting decision making to assess suitability for the role applied.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-moj" target="_blank">Workforce management information: MOJ - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 12/03/2024 17:26:38 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies