1588. Mr J R B Lorimer (DA) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military
Veterans:
(1) Whether her department developed and adopted a policy providing
guidelines for the appointment of persons with a criminal
record; if so, (a) when was the policy (i) developed and (ii)
adopted and (b) where can a copy of the policy be obtained; if
not,
(2) whether her department has any plans in place to develop and
adopt such a policy; if not, why not; if so, what are the
relevant details;
(3) whether her department does any pre-employment screening of
potential employees for criminal records; if not, why not; if
so, what are the relevant details;
(4) whether any employees with criminal records are currently
employed by her department; if so, (a) how many and (b) what is
their (i) job level and (ii) occupational category?
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REPLY
We have requested the necessary information as soon as that has been
received a substantive follow up response will be forwarded.