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.

answeredHome Office

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

  1. 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.

  2. 8 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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