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Written question asked by Lord Spellar (Labour) on Wednesday, 20 June 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 June 2018 (named day). It was answered by Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) on Monday, 25 June 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


United Kingdom Security Vetting

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what requirement the UK Security Vetting Agency has to hand over vetting material to the police; how many such applications have been received by that agency; and how many such applications have been complied with by that agency in the last two years.

Answer

United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) has an obligation to act in accordance with Data Protection legislation.

UKSV was created on 1 January 2017, since this date there have been five applications for data to be shared with police authorities, all requests have been responded to in accordance with Data Protection Legislation.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
155681
Session
2017-19
Related items
United Kingdom Security Vetting
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Disclosure of information Police Vetting United Kingdom Security Vetting
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk