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Cabinet Office: Buildings

Asked by Sir Ashley FoxConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 3 March 2025UIN 32634

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the arm’s length bodies of thei

Answered by Georgia Gould

Cabinet Office staff are encouraged to book desks, but it is not mandatory. Similarly, of the Cabinet Office's arm's length bodies that directly employ their own staff, none mandate booking a desk in order to attend the office in person.

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