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Civil Service: Recruitment

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 9 June 2025UIN 54896

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's policies on location neutral recruitment on Civil Service policies in relation to levels of workplace attendance.

Answered by Alex Norris

MHCLG will continue to actively support the Government’s Places for Growth programme and, through its recruitment policy, plans to further increase the proportion of the workforce located outside London to 50% by 2030. The Department will maintain at least one office in every English region and in each UK Nation. At the same time, the Department will maintain an office attendance policy which supports effective working and the delivery of its priorities. Recruitment and office attendance policies and approaches across the Civil Service are delegated matters for individual departments. Our recruitment approach adheres to the Civil Service recruitment principles.

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