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Deposited Papers
Home Office

Mar. 20 2024

Source Page: Letter dated 18/03/2024 from Chris Philp MP to Harriet Harman MP, Peter Bottomley MP, Tim Loughton MP and Jonathan Djanogly MP regarding new clauses 3 to 5 of the Criminal Justice Bill: automatically dismiss a serving officer who is convicted of a serious criminal offence, automatically suspend an officer charged with a serious criminal offence, automatically dismiss a serving officer who fails vetting, create a ‘duty to handover’ to obtain relevant information from an officer’s personal phone during a misconduct investigation. 3p.
Document: Harman.pdf (PDF)

Found: officer charged with a serious criminal offence, automatically dismiss a serving officer who fails vetting

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Cabinet Office

May. 23 2024

Source Page: Aftercare information for holders of national security clearance
Document: Aftercare information for holders of national security clearance (webpage)

Found: From: United Kingdom Security Vetting and Cabinet Office Published 11 May 2015 Last updated

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Jul. 20 2023

Source Page: Police vetting: code of practice
Document: Vetting Code of Practice (large print) (PDF)

Found: Police vetting: code of practice

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Jul. 20 2023

Source Page: Police vetting: code of practice
Document: Vetting Code of Practice (PDF)

Found: Police vetting: code of practice

Lords Chamber
Universities: Sensitive Research - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Viscount Camrose (Con - Excepted Hereditary) for purposes of defence, or indeed for purposes that might be used for defence, would be subject to vetting - Speech Link

Written Question
Police: Recruitment
Tuesday 19th March 2024

Asked by: Lord Kempsell (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

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.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

All Home Office (territorial) forces in England and Wales conduct their recruitment vetting internally.

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.

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.

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) Lady Angiolini’s report exposes the appalling failure in police vetting and in misconduct processes, - Speech Link
2: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) That is why we took action quickly to strengthen police vetting and strengthen the rules for rooting - Speech Link
3: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) The Prime Minister mentions vetting and I just want to press him on that, because serious failures in - Speech Link

Public Bill Committees
Criminal Justice Bill (Third sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) Where do you sit on what is an appropriate vetting regime that is practical and that gives confidence - Speech Link
2: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) that if there is a change in force, police vetting takes place. - Speech Link
3: None I am aware that there is a national project to try and increase vetting. - Speech Link

Written Question
Security Vetting Appeals Panel: Termination of Employment
Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Security Vetting Appeals Panel staff have left that organisation in each year since 2015.

Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

We centrally hold some of the information requested.

In as far as data is centrally held, I refer the hon. Member to the Civil Service statistics, for the Cabinet Office, at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-service-statistics

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics

The Declaration on Government Reform (2021) stated: "There is however more we must do to attract a broader range of people to the privilege of public service... It should be natural for people with careers and skills built in business to serve in government for a period, and for those in public service to spend time in organisations which are not dependent on public money... We will develop new entry routes from industry, academia, the third sector and the wider public sector, with flexibility to suit those who want to build a career in government and those who want a shorter tour of duty."

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Ministry of Defence

Apr. 09 2024

Source Page: FOI responses published by MOD: week commencing 8 April 2024 (part 1)
Document: Royal Navy security clearance (PDF)

Found: immigration purposes was removed in November 2018, UK residency criteria still exists for security vetting