questionText: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 12 March 2024 to Question 16665 on Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Offenders, whether Ministers are asked to declare a criminal convention when joining the Department.
answerText: I refer the Honourable Member to the government’s response to his previous question of 9 December 2025, reference 96210. 
heading: Ministers: Criminal Records