Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 15817

Department of Health and Social Care: Working Hours

Tabled: 3 July 2026
Answered: 14 July 2026

Question

Charlie Dewhirst

ConservativeBridlington and The Wolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of full-time staff on full pay (1.0 FTE) in the department work compressed hours over a four day week.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Department is required by law to consider flexible working requests. Compressed hours is a form of flexible working which refers to any type of working arrangement that gives some degree of flexibility around how long, where or when an individual work...

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