Written question asked by Ken Livingstone (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 February 1989. It was answered by Baroness Thatcher (Conservative) on Wednesday, 1 February 1989 on behalf of the Prime Minister.

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Written question

Question

Various questions on negative vetting of civil servants & others working directly or indirectly for Govt - total no of civil servants vetted, no involved in vetting investigations & no of investigations in each Dept from 1979 to current date, official forms, procedures used, no who failed vetting, posts requiring vetting, guidelines issued & how civil servants are informed they have failed procedures & what rights of appeal they have - Not practice to give details about security vetting procedures

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

146 c218-9W

Session

1988-89

Subjects

Disclosure of information Appeals Civil servants Forms Staff Vetting

Contains statistics

Yes