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1693361

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date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many civil servants in his Department have a criminal conviction.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	16665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>Criminal record checks are made prior to appointment and we require individuals to inform the department of criminal convictions after appointment as set out in the staff handbook. The information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 12/03/2024 16:11:54 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1693362

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many civil servants in her Department have a criminal conviction.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	16666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology does not hold central records of criminal convictions. When joining the department all candidates undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check which checks for unspent criminal convictions. Where a candidate does have unspent criminal convictions, these are shared with the individual vacancy holder for them to consider as this is likely to have impact on individuals’ suitability for the role. The department is looking at how it can engage with the across government Going Forward into Employment (GFIE) schemes, including for prison leavers.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 12/03/2024 12:01:40 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1693363

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants in his Department have a criminal conviction.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	16667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>All employees of the Department are subject to appropriate levels of pre-employment checks and/or security clearance. As you will be aware, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 allows certain eligible convictions or cautions to become “spent” after a specified period of time.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 12/03/2024 16:57:54 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1693575

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants in his Department have a criminal conviction.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	16790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/03/2024 14:02:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1693576

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants in her Department have a criminal conviction.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	16791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally by the Department. The Department undertakes Baseline Personnel Security Standard pre-employment checks for all new joiners. A minimal number of roles also require National Security Vetting clearance prior to joining. In the event of a declared criminal conviction, a risk assessment is completed on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 12/03/2024 10:22:49 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
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

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