Question follow-through · 4870

Police: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made in reforming vetting procedures for police recruits since 3 March 2021.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 9 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 11 Sept 2024
Answer: 16 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

9 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made in reforming vetting procedures for police recruits since 3 March 2021.
11 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2024
Answer published
The framework for police vetting, which applies to the existing workforce as well as new recruits, is currently set by the College of Policing via its statutory code of practice on vetting and authorised professional practice (APP) guidance on vetting.The...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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