Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 9 April (HC116154), and with reference to paragraph 223 of the Guide to Parliamentary Work, and paragraph 1.6(d) of the Ministerial Code, what is the public interest reason for not publishing the internal Civil Service guidance on compressed hours.

Whilst Government departments proactively publish certain information as part of transparency requirements and to comply with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Civil Service HR policies relating to the management of employees are developed for internal use and are not published externally.

Terms and conditions of employment for the civil service are set out externally in the Civil Service Management Code.