Asked by: Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 64088 on United Kingdom Security Vetting, how many applications have been received in the (a) Counter Terrorist Check, (b) Security Check and (c) Developed Vetting categories in 2020; and how many of those applications in each of those categories are designated by United Kingdom Security Vetting as non-routine.
Answered by Chloe Smith
Further details relating to the questions asked will not be disclosed in order to safeguard national security. This is in line with the practice of successive administrations.
Asked by: Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 64088 on United Kingdom Security Vetting, if he will publish statistics of the (a) numbers of applications processed and (b) average processing times of those applications in the categories of (i) Counter Terrorist Check, (ii) Security Check and (iii) Developed Vetting for each month since January 2019.
Answered by Chloe Smith
Further details relating to the questions asked will not be disclosed in order to safeguard national security. This is in line with the practice of successive administrations.
Asked by: Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his most recent estimate is of the average time taken to process applications to United Kingdom Security Vetting.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The average time to process a routine application across all vetting activity is 66 days gross as at 25 June 2020. This combines average times across CTC, SC and DV applications. Like many government services, vetting has been impacted by COVID-19. The Vetting Reform Programme is intended to improve performance.
Asked by: Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce the average time taken to process applications for security clearance to United Kingdom Security Vetting.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The average time to process a routine application across all vetting activity is 66 days gross as at 25 June 2020. This combines average times across CTC, SC and DV applications. Like many government services, vetting has been impacted by COVID-19. The Vetting Reform Programme is intended to improve performance.
Asked by: Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an updated list of Ministerial responsibilities.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
Details of Ministerial responsibilities can be found on GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers).
The List of Ministerial Responsibilities was last updated in October 2019.