Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 17862

Civil Servants: Trade Unions

Tabled: 10 July 2026

Answered: 16 July 2026

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria he uses to distinguish permissible trade union political campaigning by civil servants holding union office from prohibited party-political activity under the Civil Service Code.

Answer

Satvir Kaur

Paragraph 4.2.9 of the Civil Service Management Code sets out that Civil Servants who are elected national, departmental, or branch representatives or officers of a recognised trade union need not seek permission before publicising union views on an offic...

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