Department of Health and Social Care: Festivals and Special Occasions
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) religious and (b) cultural holidays are observed by their Department.
Answered by Karin Smyth
The Department is in line with the Civil Service approach in offering employees eight public bank holidays plus one privilege day each year, pro-rated for part-time workers. Of these, Good Friday, Easter Monday and Christmas Day are deemed religious holidays.
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