Asked by: Lord Houchen of High Leven (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the total combined cost of flexitime, compressed hours, overtime, Time Off in Lieu and paid volunteering leave across the civil service; and whether they have compared the prevalence of these schemes with equivalent arrangements in the private sector.
Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Decisions on pay and terms and conditions of employment are made by individual departments, depending on their specific business requirements. As such, the Cabinet Office does not collect this information centrally.
Asked by: Lord Houchen of High Leven (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many days of paid volunteering leave were taken by civil servants in each of the last three years, broken down by department; and what the total cost of this type of leave has been in each of those years.
Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Cabinet Office does not collect or hold information across departments centrally.
Asked by: Lord Houchen of High Leven (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average number of Time Off in Lieu (TOIL) days accrued and taken per civil servant in each of the last three years; and whether they monitor the operational cost of unworked TOIL hours across departments.
Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Cabinet Office does not collect or hold information across departments centrally.
Asked by: Lord Houchen of High Leven (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil servants, broken down by department, are currently working under (1) flexitime, and (2) compressed hours arrangements; and what estimate they have made of the cost of administering these schemes.
Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
This information is not held centrally.
Decisions on terms and conditions of employment, including flexible working, are made by the employing department, depending on their specific business requirements and the nature of the role.
Asked by: Lord Houchen of High Leven (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) desks, and (2) civil servants, are assigned to the Cabinet Office at 70 Whitehall, London.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)
It has been the practice of this and successive governments not to comment, on grounds of both national security and staff safety, on the physical capacity or staffing numbers for individual buildings of the government estate.