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I will give way very briefly—I do not want to detain the House.
I will give way very briefly—I do not want to detain the House.
The Minister talks about standards in voting and public life. As I indicated in my speech, weekend after weekend, we have people in public life glorifying terrorism and saluting the memories of their fallen colleagues, as they call them, who were vile, vicious terrorists. How is that upholding any standard...
The Minister talks about standards in voting and public life. As I indicated in my speech, weekend after weekend, we have people in public life glorifying terrorism and saluting the memories of their fallen colleagues, as they call them, who were vile, vicious terrorists. How is that upholding any standard...
I simply say again that there is absolutely no justification for terrorism. All of us who seek elected office are responsible for upholding the standards I just read out.
We are all too aware in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government that the current local government standards framework does...
I simply say again that there is absolutely no justification for terrorism. All of us who seek elected office are responsible for upholding the standards I just read out.
We are all too aware in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government that the current local government standards framework does...
I thank all the Members who participated in this important debate, particularly the hon. Member for Birmingham Northfield (Laurence Turner), my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) and the hon. and learned Member for North Antrim (Jim Allister). All Members made very valid points, particularly both...
I thank all the Members who participated in this important debate, particularly the hon. Member for Birmingham Northfield (Laurence Turner), my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) and the hon. and learned Member for North Antrim (Jim Allister). All Members made very valid points, particularly both...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer applicants failed security vetting in the past two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer applicants failed security vetting in the past two years.
Personnel Security Vetting is the first line of defence in the screening of people working for or on behalf of HMPPS, with the objective of preventing those unsuitable from entering the organisation.
From 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2026, a total of 16,425 prison officer applicants entered the HMPPS security vetting process. Of these, the number of prison officer applicants who failed security vetting checks was 2,141 (13%).
The figure for applicants who failed security vetting checks reflect those who applied for prison officer roles in public sector prison establishments across the United Kingdom and Wales and who were referred to the HMPPS Personnel Security Countermeasures (PSC) Vetting department for review by Shared Services Limited (SSL).
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of the definition of regulated activity with children in protecting (a) children and (b) vulnerable adults within the extracurricular sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of the definition of regulated activity with children in protecting (a) children and (b) vulnerable adults within the extracurricular sector.
The government is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults, including those attending extracurricular activities. In most cases, those who deliver such activities, particularly those regularly undertaking unsupervised teaching, training, instruction, or care of children would be considered to be working in regulated activity. These staff would therefore be eligible for an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) criminal record check, including a check of the children’s barred list; and it is a criminal offence for a barred individual to engage in, or to be knowingly employed in, such activity. Our safeguarding guidance for out-of-school setting providers is clear that such checks should be carried out where eligibility criteria are met.
The government recognises the importance of ensuring the definition of regulated activity remains effective. We have therefore introduced changes to enable self‑employed individuals and those directly employed by families to obtain enhanced DBS checks with a relevant barred list check where they work closely with children or vulnerable adults. We are also removing the supervision exemption from the definition of regulated activity so that those working frequently with children, whether supervised or not, are in scope.
Separate to this, we launched a Call for Evidence last year to better understand current safeguarding practice in the out-of-school settings sector, including in relation to DBS checks, and to invite views on how standards might be strengthened. We have been analysing responses and are continuing to engage with safeguarding partners, sector representatives, and parents to help inform our next steps, and will publish our response in due course.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what role the Cabinet Office played in setting or overseeing the processes for security vetting and appointment of Lord Mandelson as UK ambassador to the United States; and whether the Cabinet Office provided guidance on the use of informal communications such as...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what role the Cabinet Office played in setting or overseeing the processes for security vetting and appointment of Lord Mandelson as UK ambassador to the United States; and whether the Cabinet Office provided guidance on the use of informal communications such as...
The Cabinet Office carried out a due diligence exercise prior to the announcement of Lord Mandelson’s role as His Majesty's Ambassador to the United States as documented in the response to the Humble Address published on 11 March 2026.
The Cabinet Office has responsibility for security vetting policy and the UK Security Vetting (UKSV) organisation is based in the Cabinet Office. UKSV carried out the national security vetting for Lord Mandelson in January 2025, although the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office sponsored this clearance and made the decision. The Cabinet Office officials involvement in the security vetting process is documented in the second Humble Address tranche published in the House on 1 June 2026.
Central guidance was issued in 2023 on Using Non-Corporate Communication Channels for Government Business, which is available on GOV.UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of processing times for DBS on the trends in the number of carers in the sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of processing times for DBS on the trends in the number of carers in the sector.
As part of the Department’s commissioned research, Understanding recruitment to the adult social care workforce, undertaken by the King’s Fund, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks are referenced in relation to recruitment and retention challenges. The full report is available at the following link:
DBS does not report its performance by specific job sectors. DBS publishes its performance for all checks on a quarterly basis at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dbs-performance--2
These attainments apply to applications across all employment sectors, including the care sector.
Care workers require enhanced DBS checks, and this is the highest level of check available to those working with vulnerable groups and other positions that involve a high degree of trust. DBS aims to issue 80% of Enhanced checks within 14 days and the average attainment for the most recent quarter was 74.7%, with the 80% target met on day 20. The average turnaround time for all Enhanced checks in the quarter was 12.6 days.
For Enhanced checks, the DBS works closely with all police forces to ensure checks are completed as quickly as possible. This includes funding additional staff and overtime within forces. Where possible, police forces with capacity are also helping those with a large number of outstanding cases, a process managed by the DBS.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to recommence the review into Peter Mandelson’s contact with Jeffery Epstein after the Metropolitan Police have decided whether to initiate a prosecution.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to recommence the review into Peter Mandelson’s contact with Jeffery Epstein after the Metropolitan Police have decided whether to initiate a prosecution.
I refer the Hon Member to UIN 424.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken for DBS check processing in Bromsgrove constituency; and what steps she is taking to help reduce that time.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken for DBS check processing in Bromsgrove constituency; and what steps she is taking to help reduce that time.
As an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body of the Home Office, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent and responsible for the service it provides.
DBS does not collate data on processing times by local area or constituency.
The most recently published performance data for the last quarter of 2025-26 can be viewed at: DBS dataset 1: DBS checks, the DBS Update Service, and disputes - GOV.UK.
This information provides the average time taken to complete all levels of check and shows that the target to process 85% of Basic checks within 2 days and 85% of Standard checks within 3 days was consistently exceeded. The target to complete 80% of Enhanced level checks within 14 days was not met, with the average attainment being 74.7% and the 80% target met on day 20. The average turnaround time for Enhanced level checks was 12.6 days.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds records of declarations of interest, conflict checks, due diligence, security screening and beneficial-interest checks completed before Nicole Junkermann was appointed to the Healthtech Advisory Board in 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds records of declarations of interest, conflict checks, due diligence, security screening and beneficial-interest checks completed before Nicole Junkermann was appointed to the Healthtech Advisory Board in 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether Ministerial-appointed trade envoys are required to obtain Developed Vetting security clearance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether Ministerial-appointed trade envoys are required to obtain Developed Vetting security clearance.
Trade Envoys are not required to obtain Developed Vetting security clearance.
Trade Envoys are political appointees. The Department for Business and Trade conducts scrutiny and due diligence as part of the process for appointing Trade Envoys.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what guidance her Department provides to Ministers, special advisers and officials on conducting government business, including on security vetting and senior diplomatic appointments, via WhatsApp and other private messaging platforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what guidance her Department provides to Ministers, special advisers and officials on conducting government business, including on security vetting and senior diplomatic appointments, via WhatsApp and other private messaging platforms.
I refer the Rt Hon Member to the Cabinet Office guidance on the use of non-corporate communication channels, published under the previous government, on 30 March 2023: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-corporate-communication-channels-for-government-business.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has received all WhatsApp messages and related electronic communications requested from Ministers, special advisers and officials about the vetting and appointment of Lord Mandelson as UK ambassador to the United States.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has received all WhatsApp messages and related electronic communications requested from Ministers, special advisers and officials about the vetting and appointment of Lord Mandelson as UK ambassador to the United States.
I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, in response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Government has available for disclosure, except those being withheld at the request of the Metropolitan Police.