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Written question asked by Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 25 October 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 October 2018. It was answered by Edward Argar (Conservative) on Friday, 2 November 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Ministry of Justice: Migrant Workers

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many citizens of non-UK EU countries work in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies.

Answer

The MoJ does not collect data on the citizenship of MoJ employees. There is no requirement to record the nationality of staff employed by the department.

While staff are not required to declare, self-declared national identity (British, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh or Other) is recorded as part of the diversity questionnaire. All staff are encouraged to complete on our HR management system.

All Government Departments are bound by EU and UK requirements concerning right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules. Documentary evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks. The recruitment processes of Civil Service organisations are subject to audit by the Civil Service Commissioner. Management of such information is delegated to departments. There is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
183824
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Migrant workers Ministry of Justice
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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