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882502

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date	13/04/2018
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, with reference to paragraph 45 of the Government response to the First Report of the Justice Committee, Session 2017-19, HC 416, which Departments have reported on exemptions to the Ban the Box scheme in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Service chose to adopt the Ban the Box initiative in February 2016. The Cabinet Office issued guidance for departmental recruitment and HR teams to support departments to ensure their recruitment practices were in line with the Ban the Box initiative. For many organisations, the guidance formalised the good practice which already operated across the Civil Service. Departments have processes in place to approve exceptions. The Cabinet Office have not asked Departments to report on exceptions to the Ban the Box Scheme in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 135565 question first answered 23/04/2018 10:38:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882503

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, what the Government's implementation plan is for banning the box on job applications.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Service chose to adopt the Ban the Box initiative in February 2016. The Cabinet Office issued guidance for departmental recruitment and HR teams to support departments to ensure their recruitment practices were in line with the Ban the Box initiative. For many organisations, the guidance formalised the good practice which already operated across the Civil Service. Departments have processes in place to approve exceptions. The Cabinet Office have not asked Departments to report on exceptions to the Ban the Box Scheme in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 135564 question first answered 23/04/2018 10:38:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882506

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, what proportion of job roles advertised within his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>No job roles advertised by the Cabinet Office during 2016 and 2017 were excluded from the ‘Ban the Box’ initiative.</p><p>The Cabinet Office embraces and encourages diversity across its workforce; therefore none of our job application forms either digitally or physically requires disclosure of criminal convictions, and therefore meets the requirements of ‘Ban the Box’.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 135607 question first answered 23/04/2018 10:27:50 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882510

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of job roles advertised within his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>Core Defra was already compliant with the ‘Ban the Box’ initiative when it was adopted by the Civil Service in February 2016. Therefore, in both years a) 2016 and b) 2017, 100% of advertised jobs excluded the criminal record declaration box.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 135603 question first answered 20/04/2018 08:46:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882512

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of job roles advertised within her Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>DFID applies the Ban the Box initiative to all recruitment campaigns subject to any exceptions for jobs with specific security requirements.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 135601 question first answered 20/04/2018 11:05:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882515

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of job roles advertised within her Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The application form template used by the Government Recruitment Services (GRS), who manage all recruitment activities on DWPs behalf, does not ask about criminal convictions.</p><p>This particular question is only raised as part of the pre-employment checking for candidates who have been deemed successful at the last stage of the recruitment process.</p><p> </p><p>DWP are fully compliant with the ban the box initiative. Therefore, no advertised jobs were excluded in 2016 or 2017.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 135598 question first answered 19/04/2018 10:40:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882516

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of job roles advertised within his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>All roles advertised in 2016 and 2017 in the Department excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/04/2018 10:57:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882520

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, what proportion of job roles advertised within his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not ask for details of criminal convictions at the application stage for civilian roles. Applicants will be asked to declare criminal convictions either at the interview stage or when a provisional offer of employment has been made as part of basic employment checks. This was the position in 2016 and 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 135593 question first answered 20/04/2018 11:33:28 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882521

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of job roles advertised within his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>100 per cent of roles advertised by the Department during (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative. The Department was compliant with the Ban the Box initiative prior to the Civil Service adopting the policy as a default position in February 2016.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 19/04/2018 14:30:57 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882523

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of job roles advertised within her Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department uses the recruitment services of the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Justice implemented the Ban the Box initiative in October 2016, and since then all roles have been advertised without the early requirement to declare convictions, i.e. the ‘tick box’ has been removed. Data prior to this date is unavailable due to a change in the Ministry of Justice recruitment system in December 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 20/04/2018 11:39:41 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake