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Civil Servants: Allowances

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 16 April 2026UIN 124812

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance the Civil Service People Group has given to Departments on whether civil servants can claim expenses for travelling to work.

Answered by Satvir Kaur

The Civil Service Management Code (chapter 8) specifies the regulations for the reimbursement of expenses and details the conditions under which such expenses can be made. Departments must not reimburse the costs of home to office travel, unless explicitly permitted elsewhere within the Code.

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