Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 82337
Civil Service: Trade Unions
Tabled: 15 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025
Question
Mike Wood
Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Civil Service staff networks to only meet outside working hours and have all events signed off by senior managers, published on 23 September 2025, what a
Answer
Anna TurleyCivil Service staff networks are separate to trade union activities and duties carried out by trade union representatives in the Civil Service. As such the Civil Service Staff Network Policy does not apply to its trade union representatives.