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Prime Minister: Flexible Working

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 8 June 2026UIN 3293

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of full-time staff on full pay) in (a) his Department and (b) 10 Downing Street work compressed hours over a four day week.

Answered by Satvir Kaur

Cabinet Office and 10 Downing Street do not centrally hold data on employees working compressed hours. Working compressed hours is a form of flexible working and is agreed and arranged between individual employees and their line managers.

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