§ Q14. Dame Irene Wardasked the Prime Minister what are the regulations regarding the employment in the Civil Service of persons who by birth are nationals of a foreign State; and to what extent it is the practice to allow them access to secret and classified papers.
§ The Prime MinisterThe Nationality Rule for established appointments is rather long, and I will, with permission, circulate it in the Official Report. The same requirements normally apply to temporary employment, but Departments have discretion in the public interest to employ any person in a temporary capacity. With regard to the second part of the Question, no one, whatever his origin, is allowed access to classified information unless the Head of the Department is satisfied that he can be trusted; and he is of course subject to the necessary security inquiries.
The nationality requirements for the Civil Service are set out below:
40WThe following is an extract from the current General Regulations made by the Civil Service Commissioners under the Civil Service Order in Council 1956, with the approval of the Treasury and Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.