Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the state of industrial relations in the Civil Service.
The Cabinet Office is not the employer for all civil servants, and departments are responsible for engaging with recognised trade unions at departmental and local level. At Cabinet Office level, we engage with the National Trade Union Committee.
The Public and Commercial Services Union are currently in dispute with a number of Civil Service employers and have called for strike action in several departments. We remain open to continued dialogue in order to bring about a resolution.