Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants in her Department have a criminal conviction.

The information requested is not held centrally by the Department. The Department undertakes Baseline Personnel Security Standard pre-employment checks for all new joiners. A minimal number of roles also require National Security Vetting clearance prior to joining. In the event of a declared criminal conviction, a risk assessment is completed on a case-by-case basis.