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Local Government: Pay

Asked by David SimmondsConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 13 June 2025UIN 58057

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) her Department and (b) local government improvement bodies financed through departmental funding centrally (i) collate and (ii) monitor the practice or frequency of local authorities operating four day weeks on full pay.

Answered by Jim McMahon

Local authorities are independent employers responsible for the management of their own workforces. While it is not government policy to support a four-day working week in local authorities, the government will not be micromanaging them on this and does not collect data on this working practice.

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