Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 10356

Local Government: Working Hours

Tabled: 21 October 2024
Answered: 29 October 2024

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Labour — Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has had discussions with local authorities that are (a) trialing and (b) intend to trial a four-day working week.

Answer

Jim McMahon
Local authorities are independent employers, responsible for the management and organisation of their own workforces and any announcements on local authorities that are trialling or intending to trial a four-day working week will be made in the usual way.