NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
1597 Mr A Figlan (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements:
(1) Whether his 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 his 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 his 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 his department; if so, (a) how many and (b) what is
their (i) job level and (ii) occupational category?
REPLY
(1) Yes, there are plans to develop and implement a policy based on
the National Vetting Strategy by the end of the financial year
(2009/10).
(2) Yes, only at executive level through NIA. However the
department is in the process of putting mechanisms in place to
ensure that pre-employment screening of potential employees
for criminal records is done to specific identified posts.
(4) In terms of records based on the info provided on application
forms, the department does not have any employees with criminal
records.