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Department for Work and Pensions: Flags

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 15 September 2025UIN 75459

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days the Union Flag was flown on her Department's main sites in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.

Answered by Andrew Western

In response to the question raised by Sir John Hayes Conservative South Holland and the Deepings and the ask of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions as to how many days the Union Flag has been flown on her Department’s main sites:

I can confirm in response that the Department’s main sites where a flagpole is in situ and that fly the Union Flag, this is flown continuously unless we are instructed otherwise by DCMS, in line with procedures, to lower:

Quarry House, Leeds

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Continuously

Caxton House, London

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Continuously

Peel Park, Blackpool

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Continuously until end of December 2024 when the flag was damaged.

Treforest, Wales

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Continuously

Tyneview Park, Newcastle

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Continuously

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