Question NW3791 to the Minister of State Security
02 November 2015 - NW3791
Steenhuisen, Mr JH to ask the Minister of State Security
Whether his department conducted a security vetting process in respect of any member of Parliament during the Fifth Parliament; if so, in respect of each specified Member of Parliament, (a) what were the reasons for the security vetting, (b) on how many occasions did his department do the security vetting process and (c) at whose request was the security vetting done?
Reply:
a) Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) are expected to undergo the security vetting process in order to have Top Secret security clearance.
b) The State Security Agency has conducted vetting of the JSCI members twice. The security vetting process is conducted after every five years when the Top Secret security clearance has lapsed.
c) The State Security Agency received a request from the Chairperson of the JSCI.