Government Departments: Buildings

(asked on 29th August 2025) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to introduce a (a) minimum and (b) maximum permitted workplace temperature in central government buildings.


Answered by
Georgia Gould Portrait
Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 4th September 2025

The Government follows the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance derived from The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. The minimum temperature for workplaces is already stipulated by HSE and is readily available online. See here. There is currently no equivalent maximum temperature.

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