Defence: National Security
(asked on 7th March 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken was for the issuing of security clearances by his Department for businesses in the defence sector in the latest period for which data is available.
This question was answered on 17th March 2025
UKSV (Cabinet Office) is the sole provider of National Security Vetting and is responsible for issuing security clearances. Ministry of Defence (MOD), including Defence suppliers accredited by MOD to act as a sponsor for National Security Vetting, is a customer of UKSV.
There have been no changes to the process of issuing security clearances to representatives of Defence businesses since 5 July 2024.