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Asked by Navendu MishraLabourCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 21 January 2025UIN 23466

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is Government policy to allow public servants time off to donate (a) blood and (b) plasma.

Answered by Georgia Gould

There is no central policy, across the Civil Service, which provides time-off to donate (a) blood and (b) plasma.Departments can provide employees with time off to donate blood and plasma.

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