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Government Departments: Conditions of Employment

Asked by Alex BurghartConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 10 January 2025UIN 21347

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance on non-contingent labour contracts.

Answered by Georgia Gould

Departments are directed that Contingent labour contracts should only be used in government where better value alternatives are not available and that a justifiable need to use contingent labour has been identified as part of their workforce plans. Cabinet Office manages a spend control for contingent labour for which guidance is set out at gov.uk.

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