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714034

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, by when he plans fully to implement the Ban the Box initiative across Government.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	69354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to improving diversity of opportunity and creating an inclusive working environment that attracts the best talent and makes the most of the potential skills and productivity of ex-offenders. All departments operate in line with the principles of the ‘Ban the Box’ campaign. This initiative has been implemented by all the central Civil Service departments and we expect all Civil Service organisations across the Civil Service to comply with this policy.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 30/03/2017 15:10:06 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

709996

registered interest
date	10/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Ministers of Religion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there are vacancies for Anglican chaplains in prisons in (a) London, (b) Surrey and (c) Kent.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	67441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>There are currently vacancies for an Anglican Chaplain at HMP Brixton, (London), HMP Wandsworth (London) and HMP Standford Hill (Kent). The vacancies at Brixton and Standford Hill will be advertised; the vacancy at Wandsworth has been filled with a new appointee due to start on 1 April.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/03/2017 17:55:24 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

708591

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Ministers of Religion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) Anglican, (b) Roman Catholic, (c) Free Church, (d) Muslim, (e) Hindus, (f) Sikh, (g) Jewish and (h) other faiths chaplaincy vacancies there are in each prison in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	66546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/03/2017 16:50:50 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

691762

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Law Officers' Departments operates a ban the box employment policy in respect of ex-offender job applicants with unspent convictions; and how many employees of his Department have unspent convictions.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	64523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ Departments (LODs) do not ask applicants about previous convictions (spent or unspent) on their application forms or in interview.</p><p>Due to the nature of the work carried out by the LODs, all staff recruited to the departments are subject to security checks to identify both spent and unspent convictions prior to formal appointment. None of the organisations has any central record of any current employee having an unspent conviction.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 28/02/2017 17:03:05 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

691767

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department operates a ban the box employment policy in respect of ex-offender job applicants with unspent convictions; and how many employees of his Department have unspent convictions.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	64465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>As part of the Cabinet Office recruitment process there is no requirement for applicants to declare unspent criminal convictions at the initial recruitment stage. Applicants are asked to declare unspent criminal convictions as part of basic employment checks when a provisional offer of employment has been made. Decisions concerning appointment to a post where an individual has a conviction history are made on a case-by-case basis. If a post requires National Security Vetting then both spent and unspent convictions are considered on a case by case basis under a national security exemption to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.</p><p>We would not release the information on numbers or individuals for security reasons.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 24/02/2017 11:48:54 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

691791

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department operates a ban the box employment policy in respect of ex-offender job applicants with unspent convictions; and how many employees of his Department have unspent convictions.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	64481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>I can confirm that the Treasury operates a ban the box employment policy in respect of ex-offender job applicants with unspent convictions. Although the Treasury does hold information of unspent convictions, the information requested could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 27/02/2017 12:45:02 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

691794

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department operates a ban the box employment policy in respect of ex-offender job applicants with unspent convictions; and how many employees of his Department have unspent convictions.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	64466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that all of our recruitment is done in a fair and open manner, and that all applicants are treated equally.</p><p>Consequently, we do operate a ban-the-box policy within our recruitments, and applicants are not asked to provide any information on previous unspent convictions at any point in the selection process.</p><p>While successful applicants are subject to criminal record and security clearance checks during pre-appointment, declaration forms are not retained centrally once monitoring checks have been carried out.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 28/02/2017 16:17:43 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

691823

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department operates a ban the box employment policy in respect of ex-offender job applicants with unspent convictions; and how many employees of her Department have unspent convictions.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	64467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>DCMS is committed to offering all applicants equality of opportunity to ensure that we attract and retain candidates with the most talent and potential. To this end, the DCMS recruitment process does not require applicants to declare unspent criminal convictions at the initial recruitment stage. Applicants are asked to declare unspent criminal convictions as part of basic employment checks when a provisional offer of employment has been made. Decisions concerning appointment to a post where an individual has a conviction history are made on a case-by-case basis.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not retain details centrally that would allow us to identify employees with unspent convictions so the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 28/02/2017 17:38:51 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

691829

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department operates a ban the box employment policy in respect of ex-offender job applicants with unspent convictions; and how many employees of his Department have unspent convictions.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	64468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to improving diversity of opportunity and creating an inclusive working environment that attracts the best talent, and makes the most of potential skills and productivity.</p><p>The MOD is working with the Cabinet Office to implement the principles of the Ban the Box campaign.</p><p>The information requested relating to how many Ministry of Defence Service and civilian employees have unspent convictions could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 23/02/2017 16:13:28 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

691862

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department operates a ban the box employment policy in respect of ex-offender job applicants with unspent convictions; and how many employees of her Department have unspent convictions.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	64469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s recruitment policies are fully compliant with the Ban the Box initiative. The Department does not hold information about how many employees have unspent convictions.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/02/2017 17:58:05 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous