Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the required hours of working are for staff in his Department on full-pay who work a compressed four-day week.

Staff who work full-time, have the following conditioned hours per week:

• 36 hours net – if their normal place of work is in London and if appointed before 1 June 2013
• 37 hours net – if their normal place of work is elsewhere

If they were appointed to the Civil Service within the department on or after 1 June 2013:

• 37 hours net – in all locations (including London)

Net hours do not include meal breaks.

Staff working a compressed four-day week have the flexibility to agree their daily working pattern to reach the required conditioned hours per week.