| Heading: |
Elections: Vetting |
| Question ID: |
1819364 |
| UIN: |
64969 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5293 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Cat Eccles
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| Asking Member handle: |
catecclesstour
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@catecclesstour
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating DBS checks for people who wish to stand for election. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-10 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4479 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Nick Thomas-Symonds
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| Answering Member handle: |
nicktorfaenmp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@nicktorfaenmp
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Correcting Member handle: |
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| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
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| Answer text: |
The Government has no plans to introduce a requirement for candidates to undergo DBS checks before standing for elections. Candidate selection in elections is a matter for political parties. |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
53 |
| Answering body name: |
Cabinet Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |