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Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 18 June 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 June 2025 (named day). It was answered by Nick Smith (Labour) on Monday, 23 June 2025 on behalf of the House of Commons Commission.

Parliamentary Estate: Security

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people have had their pass for the parliamentary estate withdrawn on security or serious misconduct grounds since 5 July 2024.

Answer

The House of Commons may suspend a Parliamentary pass temporarily pending the outcome of a criminal or disciplinary investigation. When an investigation is concluded and serious misconduct found against an individual, or a criminal conviction made involving a violent or sexual offence, then the individual’s pass is withdrawn. This response covers only passes that have been permanently withdrawn, as opposed to temporarily suspended.

As the House of Commons is not the direct employer of all passholders, information about disciplinary investigations and grounds for dismissal will not automatically be passed to Parliament for all passholders. This response therefore covers only employees of the House of Commons and Joint Departments, former Members of the House of Commons, and Members of the House of Commons who have been convicted of a violent or sexual offence and subject to recall, and any additional cases where the relevant information is shared with the House of Commons Administration. Equivalent data for the House of Lords Administration has not been included as it is a separate organisation.

The total number of passes withdrawn for security or serious misconduct since 5 July 2024 is five.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
60820
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Conduct Security Parliamentary estate
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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