What is "departmental/company records check"??

[lalu]

Hi Members,

Could somebody tell me please that what does it mean by? " departmental/company records check" during SC clearance.

Wikipedia says "A departmental/company records check which will include e.g. personal files, staff reports, sick leave returns and security records."

Does somebody knows that how the companies do check this record?

Replies will be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[DaveB]

Hi Members,

Could somebody tell me please that what does it mean by? " departmental/company records check" during SC clearance.

Wikipedia says "A departmental/company records check which will include e.g. personal files, staff reports, sick leave returns and security records."

Does somebody knows that how the companies do check this record?

Replies will be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

If you have applied for SC, the vetting officer will request relevant information from the companies you claim to have worked for in the past. By signing the application you have given them permission to ask for this and for your former employers to disclose it.

[northernladuk]

You a bit nervous or something?

[DaveB]

You a bit nervous or something?

You might think that, I couldn't possibly comment

[lalu]

But my friend said that SC clearance people don't ask to your previous employer but to HMRC only, because SC clearance people work for Govt and they contact only to HMRC.

But you said that they will contact to my previous employer.
Will they contact both of them?
or only to HMRC?
or only to previous employer?

[northernladuk]

But my friend said that SC clearance people don't ask to your previous employer but to HMRC only, because SC clearance people work for Govt and they contact only to HMRC.

But you said that they will contact to my previous employer.
Will they contact both of them?
or only to HMRC?
or only to previous employer?

Get some new friends? You can find a ton of information on it at the link below a d you can contact them and ask but bearing in mind this is a check to make sure you are suitable to view sensitive information. I hardly think they will divulge all their processes to you.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/security...-and-clearance

[cojak]

But my friend said that SC clearance people don't ask to your previous employer but to HMRC only, because SC clearance people work for Govt and they contact only to HMRC.

But you said that they will contact to my previous employer.
Will they contact both of them?
or only to HMRC?
or only to previous employer?

Oh Dear, how very ignorant of your friend!

Security Clearance doesn't mean that HMRC think that you pay your taxes.

It means that you are what you say you are (from an employment pov, anyway), and are reasonably* trustworthy. Lying about previous employers isn't very trustworthy, is it?

(* I think that DV goes beyond reasonable to pretty certain AFAIK.)

[NickNick]

Obviously things may have moved on in the last couple of years, but when I got SC I was asked about employment history. I replied that I'd been working for the same company for years and years (my ltd) and gave them the details, but politely pointed out that I thought they were asking the wrong question.

They sent me (as director of the LTD) a letter asking about me (as an employee). Again I replied, pointing out that we were both the same person, but yes I had known me for more than x years and I'd been employed by my ltd for all that time.

Got the SC.

[lalu]

dear members, thanks for your replies.

Mr. NickNick, if they have sent the reference query to you, as you were the director of your own company. Is it might possible they have sent query to HMRC as well to check that were you paying the tax or not , or how much you were earning as an employee ?

[NickNick]

dear members, thanks for your replies.

Mr. NickNick, if they have sent the reference query to you, as you were the director of your own company. Is it might possible they have sent query to HMRC as well to check that were you paying the tax or not , or how much you were earning as an employee ?

I severely doubt that. SC isn't about paying tax as far as I know.