Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department have a criminal conviction.

This information is not centrally held and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, Civil Service applicants must declare any criminal convictions during the application process. This is reviewed during the security clearance process run by UKSV. The Ministry of Defence does not routinely employ people with unspent convictions.