The Department for Transport (DfT) is the controller for any personal data which you provide to us in this form.

Information provided as part of this application will be kept securely within DfT and destroyed within 24 months after the conclusion of the recruitment campaign.

DfT uses this form to gather evidence on DfT’s public appointments. This data is collected in the public interest for statistical monitoring and to inform DfT’s recruitment policies in accordance with the Department’s public sector equality duties. If your answers contain any information that allows you to be identified, DfT will, under data protection law, be the controller for this information.

The diversity information contained will at no point be shared with selection panels. Anonymised statistical breakdowns may be shared with the Cabinet Office (CO) and the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA) for the purpose of informing public policy on equal opportunities in public appointments.

Diversity information retained in personalised form will be deleted after the regular statistical returns to the Cabinet Office have been completed.