Question follow-through · 6127
Home Office: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department’s policy is on the length of time for which job application forms for successful candidates are held.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department’s policy is on the length of time for which job application forms for successful candidates are held.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
The application process to apply for a role at Home Office is online. Personal information captured during the recruitment process is retained for two years.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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