Right to work check queries: FOI release

Information requested

Home Office guidance issued in 2024 recommended that all employers conduct right to work checks on suppliers of contractors/staff.

What protocols does your organisation have in place with contractors, of any service, to ensure that right to work checks have been conducted?

How many contractors/staff did your organisation use from suppliers in the calendar year 2024 and how many right to work checks did your organisation conduct?

The number of instances in which your organisation identified that a supplier had not conducted appropriate right to work checks, for the years 2021 - 2024. A breakdown of the measures taken (suspension of contract, refusal to engage in business, sanction).
 

Response

Please find below answers to your questions:

What protocols does your organisation have in place with contractors, of any service, to ensure that right to work checks have been conducted?

All contractors are obliged to ensure that staff with unsupervised access to government assets comply with the government Baseline Personnel Security Standard. This includes the Home Office mandated Right to Work check.

How many contractors/staff did your organisation use from suppliers in the calendar year 2024 and how many right to work checks did your organisation conduct?

In 2024, we hired 53 contractors/temporary staff, all of whom underwent right to work checks in line with the protocols outlined in response to question 1.

The number of instances in which your organisation identified that a supplier had not conducted appropriate right to work checks, for the years 2021 - 2024. A breakdown of the measures taken (suspension of contract, refusal to engage in business, sanction).

From 2021 to 2024, our organisation did not identify any instances where a supplier failed to conduct appropriate right to work checks.

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