Information Rights Unit
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Nathan Smith
Central Mail Unit
Newcastle Upon Tyne
By email: request-1074334-
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Date: 01 March 2024
Our ref:
FOI2024/15922
Dear Nathan Smith
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)
Thank you for your request, which was received on 14 February, for information in relation to
the HO Compliance Caseworker – VAT recruitment campaign (closing date 21/11/2023). We
can confirm that we hold the information requested as follows.
How many applicants were offered positions for each location?
Provisional Offers
Location
Made
Belfast
<5
Birmingham
<5
Bristol
<5
Cardiff
6
Croydon
<5
Glasgow
9
Liverpool
<5
Manchester
<5
Nottingham
<5
Portsmouth
<5
Stratford
<5
How many applicants at each location were offered the job but rejected the offer?
Location
Declined Offers
Birmingham
<5
Bristol
<5
Glasgow
<5
Manchester
<5
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How many applicants at each location were offered the job but then failed the
background/security check?
No applicants met this criteria.
How many applicants at each location were offered the job and accepted the offer?
Provisional Offers
Location
Made
Belfast
<5
Birmingham
<5
Bristol
<5
Cardiff
6
Croydon
<5
Glasgow
7
Liverpool
<5
Manchester
<5
Nottingham
<5
Portsmouth
<5
Stratford
<5
How many applicants at each location were offered the job and accepted the offer
were already employed by HMRC?
Provisional Offers
Location
Accepted by HMRC
Employees
Belfast
<5
Birmingham
<5
Bristol
<5
Cardiff
6
Croydon
<5
Glasgow
7
Liverpool
<5
Manchester
<5
Nottingham
<5
Portsmouth
<5
Stratford
<5
How many applicants at each location were offered the job and accepted the offer
were already employed by the Civil Service?
This vacancy was not offered externally therefore all candidates are employed by the civil
service.
Were there any reserve lists created for this position?
If so, how many candidates were put on the reserve lists for each location?
Candidates on Re-
Location
serve List
Belfast
<5
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Birmingham
<5
Cardiff
<5
Glasgow
<5
Nottingham
<5
What was the start date for successful candidates for this position?
The planned start date for successful candidates for this position was 26/02/2024, however
this is dependent on individual circumstances and may vary.
Are there currently any plans in place for a similar hiring process for different
departments in the next 12 months? Plans for next financial year have yet to be finalised.
Exemption Where information has been redacted, we can confirm we hold the information requested,
but it is being withheld under section 40 of the FOIA. Parts of your request relate to five or
fewer applicants, and to provide the figure increases the risk that individuals could be identi-
fied. Where you have asked for the lowest score at each location which led to a job offer, to
release this information also risks individual identification. This information is therefore con-
sidered personal data under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). Such
information is exempt from disclosure under section 40(2) of the FOIA, on the basis that dis-
closure would contravene the data protection principles (as described under FOIA section
40(3A)(a)). This part of the section 40 exemption is absolute, and we are not required to
consider any public interest arguments for and against disclosure.
Article 5(1)(a) of the UK GDPR requires that personal information is processed lawfully, fairly
and in a transparent manner; processing includes disclosure. Fairness means personal data
should only be handled in ways that people would reasonably expect and not used in ways
that may adversely affect them. Candidates applying for job vacancies would reasonably ex-
pect that their personal data would not be put into the public domain. Such a disclosure
would be unfair processing.
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address at the top.
If you are not content with the outcome of an internal review you can
complain to the
Information Commissioner’s Office. Yours sincerely,
HM Revenue and Customs
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