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Vetting

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 9 March 2026UIN 116771

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether political due diligence is undertaken as part of a Developed Vetting security check.

Answered by Dan Jarvis

National Security Vetting is made up of multiple checks from a variety of sources, these checks are designed to identify risk and mitigations as well as verifying information provided by the vetting applicant. A comprehensive description of the Developed Vetting process can be found on gov.uk.

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