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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by Autonomy entitled The results are in: the UK's four-day week pilot, published in February 2023.

The Government does not support any attempt from local authorities to implement Part-Time Work for Full-Time pay – so-called ‘four-day week’ or equivalent arrangements. These practices raise significant concerns about value for taxpayers’ money.