Committees

Performance of the UK Security Vetting service

Inquiry

UK Security Vetting (UKSV) was established in January 2017 and since April 2020 has been part of the Cabinet Office’s Government Security Group. Prior to its move to the Cabinet Office it was part of the Ministry of Defence and UKSV is still managing legacy elements of the transition.

Following publication by the National Audit Office of its investigation into performance of UKSV, the Committee will question senior officials at the Cabinet Office and UK Security Vetting Service on progress towards completing the move to the Cabinet Office and:

  • UKSV’s performance levels;
  • the causes of poor performance and what progress UKSV is making in addressing them; and
  • how UKSV is seeking to modernise and reform security vetting.

If you have evidence on these issues please submit it here by 6pm on Sunday 29 January 2022.

Please have a look at the requirements for written evidence submissions and note the Committee cannot accept material as evidence that has been published elsewhere.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Sunday 29 January 2023.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Fifty-Third Report - The performance of UK Security Vetting
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Response to this report
Correspondence from Alex Chisholm, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary, re update on Vetting Transformation, dated 4 December 2023
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Response to this report
Correspondence from Vincent Devine, Director General & Government Chief Security Officer, Government Security Function, Cabinet Office, re Performance of the UK Security Vetting (UKSV) Service and Vetting Transformation, dated 22 November 2023
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Response to this report
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fifty-third report from Session 2022-23
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Correspondence

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Correspondence from Vincent Devine, Director General & Government Chief Security Officer Government Security Function, Cabinet Office, re Performance of the UK Security Vetting (UKSV) Service Inquiry: Additional Responses, 3 March 2023
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Oral evidence transcripts

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6 February 2023
Inquiry Performance of the UK Security Vetting service
Witnesses Cabinet Office, UK Security Vetting Service, and Cabinet Office
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Written evidence

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