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1728302

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made in reforming vetting procedures for police recruits since 3 March 2021.
tabling member constituency	West Suffolk
tabling member printed	Nick Timothy
uin	4870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The framework for police vetting, which applies to the existing workforce as well as new recruits, is currently set by the College of Policing via its statutory code of practice on vetting and authorised professional practice (APP) guidance on vetting.</p><p>The vetting APP, which is reviewed on an ongoing basis, was last updated in March 2021. The College plans to publish a revised version this year following a public consultation in January and having considered recommendations from part 1 of the Angiolini Inquiry.</p><p>The government has committed to strengthening police vetting and will be bringing forward statutory measures to do so in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 16/09/2024 14:27:33 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	5062

1701997

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to hold chief officers of police to account for the appropriate vetting of adverse information on police recruits regarding (1) security, (2) public safety, and (3) the confidence of the community.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
uin	HL3912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Police forces carry out their vetting independently of government and in line with the College of Policing’s vetting code of practice and vetting authorised professional practice (APP) guidance, which are both continually reviewed. The code sets out the role that a thorough and effective vetting regime has in helping to ensure public trust and confidence in those working in policing.</p><p>The College’s most recent code, published in July 2023, sets out how adverse information should be considered in vetting decisions, as well as provides a number of requirements on chief officers, including the need to assess the risks posed by the individual undergoing vetting both to the public and the police service.</p><p>His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services (HMICFRS) hold forces to account by routinely carry out independent inspections of forces’ effectiveness and efficiency, which include assessments on vetting. The inspectorate has recently set up a new rolling inspection programme on integrity which will look at the work of professional standards units alongside force vetting and counter-corruption arrangements.</p><p>The government is supporting policing by creating a statutory requirement for officers to hold and maintain vetting clearance, as well as creating a new set of regulations which will govern how those who fail vetting can be dismissed. In January this year, the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) also published outcomes from its exercise ensuring all officers and staff were checked against the Police National Database (PND).</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 01/05/2024 13:11:08 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1693997

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to The Angiolini Inquiry: Part 1 Report published on 29 February, which territorial and national police forces outsource their recruitment vetting to other police forces or other law enforcement agencies.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL3034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>All Home Office (territorial) forces in England and Wales conduct their recruitment vetting internally.</p><p>This is also the case for all non-Home Office national police forces, aside from the Royal Military Police who are assisted by Warwickshire Police for vetting checks.</p><p>The Part 1 report of Angiolini’s Inquiry highlighted that in 2010, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary had outsourced its force vetting to Thames Valley Police. They now carry out their own recruitment vetting.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 19/03/2024 14:39:20 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1674187

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of current levels of police recruitment in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The government has delivered its manifesto commitment to deliver 20,000 additional officers. At the end of March 2023, we had the highest number of officers on record in England and Wales, with 149,566 officers in post surpassing the previous peak of 146,030 officers in post in March 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We expect police forces to maintain officer numbers and Chief Constables will be held to account for ensuring that officer numbers continue to match. The next available data on officer numbers will be published as part of the Police Workforce Statistics for England and Wales on 24 January 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 13/12/2023 16:21:55 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1656308

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that first-language Welsh speakers are not unfairly disadvantaged in the (a) process and (b) written tests for police entry.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	195905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>Decisions about police recruitment, including how recruitment and selection processes are run, are a matter for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners and are therefore managed locally by forces. This is done within a national application, assessment and selection framework, in line with national guidance maintained by the College of Policing.</p><p>There is currently no formal obligation for the College of Policing to prepare a statutory language scheme in respect of the Welsh language. Nevertheless, the College published its first Welsh Language Scheme in 2021, which sets out the College’s commitment to supporting Welsh forces.</p><p>In the scheme, the College has committed to work together with Welsh forces’ recruitment departments to offer the candidate a bilingual recruitment journey. To date, the College has produced the national application form, and all candidate information and guidance for the recruitment process in Welsh.</p><p>The College remains committed to exploring further options to delivering elements of the assessment phase of the end-to-end process in Welsh to support candidates who have Welsh as their first language.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/09/2023 11:38:07 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

1609752

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department have made on improving (a) diversity and (b) background checks at interview stage when recruiting to the police force.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	179885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government committed to recruiting 20,000 additional police officers across England and Wales, by 31 March 2023. We await the final data and remain confident we will have delivered on the government’s manifesto commitment.</p><p>The 20,000 officer uplift is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to support all forces become more representative of the communities they serve, and there are now more female and ethnic minority officers serving in policing than ever before.</p><p>Between April 2020 and December 2022, there were a total of 34,647 new police officer recruits to forces in England and Wales. Of these recruits, 42.6% were female which was an improvement on 36.9% during the year ending 31 March 2020. Over the same period, 11.5% of all new recruits identified as ethnic minorities which was also an improvement on 10.3% reported during the year ending 31 March 2020.</p><p>The Home Secretary recently asked the College to update their vetting code of practice which will provide stricter obligations for Chief Officers on how vetting should be carried out within their forces.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/04/2023 15:16:08 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1605720

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the policy paper entitled Inclusive Britain: government response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, published on 17 March 2022, what recent progress the Government has made on action 65.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	169410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>When the Minister for Women and Equalities published Inclusive Britain, our ground-breaking strategy for tackling ethnic disparities, she committed to reporting back to Parliament on progress. We will publish the update report shortly, outlining progress against all 74 actions.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 169394 169395 169396 169397 169398 169399 169400 169401 169402 169403 169404 169405 169406 169407 169408 169409 169411 169412 question first answered 23/03/2023 17:13:58 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1585031

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much police forces spent on campaigns aimed at diversifying their recruitment in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	141623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>The recruitment of an additional 20,000 officers across England and Wales is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to support all forces become more representative of the communities they serve.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on how much forces have spent on local recruitment campaigns. Decisions on the use of funding &amp; resource are an operational matter for Chief Constables &amp; Police and Crime Commissioners who are best placed to make decisions based on local knowledge and experience.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 15/02/2023 15:28:03 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1581399

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 25 January (HL4660), what are the names of the 10 police forces who do not conduct a post Online Assessment Process face-to-face interview.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL5131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As stated in the response to the question tabled on 12 January, there are currently 10 forces that do not hold a post Online Assessment Process interview as part of the police recruitment process. According to information provided by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing these 10 forces are Avon &amp; Somerset, City of London, Dorset, Hampshire, Humberside, Norfolk, Suffolk, Warwickshire West Midlands and Wiltshire.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">These forces engage with all candidates face-to-face as part of the recruitment process: six forces (Avon &amp; Somerset, City of London, Dorset, Humberside, Norfolk and Suffolk) routinely require applicants to attend a face-to-face meeting through familiarisation events or similar; the remaining four have face-to-face engagement at other stages in the recruitment process, such as during the medical and fitness assessments.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Following engagement with the Home Office, the College of Policing will write to Chief Constables in early February with updated guidance on post assessment interviews that will strengthen the requirement for forces to use the College of Policing’s standard post Online Assessment Process interview process, as part of the police recruitment process.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In the response to the question tabled on 12 January, it was stated that there were 10 forces that did not hold a post Online Assessment Process interview as part of the police recruitment process. Further information provided by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and College of Policing shows that this figure is nine – one force had incorrectly stated it did not complete an interview.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">According to information provided by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing these nine forces are Avon &amp; Somerset, City of London, Dorset, Hampshire, Humberside, Norfolk, Suffolk, West Midlands and Wiltshire. These forces engage with all candidates face-to-face as part of the recruitment process. Six forces (Avon &amp; Somerset, City of London, Dorset, Humberside, Norfolk and Suffolk) routinely require applicants to attend a face-to-face meeting through familiarisation events or similar; the remaining three have face-to-face engagement at other stages in the recruitment process, such as during the medical and fitness assessments.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Following engagement with the Home Office, the College of Policing will write to Chief Constables in early February with updated guidance on post assessment interviews that will strengthen the requirement for forces to use the College of Policing’s standard post Online Assessment Process interview process, as part of the police recruitment process.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 09/02/2023 12:37:34 question first ministerially corrected 10/02/2023 12:14:58 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom previous answer version 54497 answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1566191

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 9 January (HL Deb col 1218), how many police forces (1) do, and (2) do not, routinely require applicants to attend a post assessment face-to-face interview before proceeding to appointment as a police officer.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL4660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Decisions about police recruitment, including how recruitment and selection processes are run, are a matter for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners and are therefore managed locally by forces. This is done within a national application, assessment and selection framework, in line with national guidance maintained by the College of Policing.</p><p> </p><p>All 43 forces across England and Wales use the College of Policing Online Assessment Process (OAP) which was launched in May 2020. This improved process includes an interview, which is assessed by a fully trained assessor and ensures quality assurance is in place. This is vastly different to level of quality assurance which existed before the Police Uplift Programme, when forces undertook face-to-face interviews with no national standards for assessors.</p><p> </p><p>Post OAP interviews were introduced as a non-mandatory step by the College of Policing in 2022. These interviews were introduced to standardise various local processes that forces were using following applicants passing the OAP.</p><p>The latest available data provided by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and College of Policing indicates that 23 forces use this standard College process. In addition, 10 forces continue to use a local face-to face interview post OAP. A further 10 do not hold a post OAP interview, however these forces engage with all candidates face-to-face as part of the recruitment process, for example through familiarisation events or during other stages in the recruitment process.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 25/01/2023 11:57:07 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German