Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 29023

Special Advisers: Industrial Disputes

Tabled: 5 February 2025

Answered: 13 February 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 August 2024 to Question 1667 on Prime Minister: Special Advisers, whether special advisers who (a) are part of a trade union and (b) not part of a trade union are permitted to go on s

Answer

Georgia Gould

Special advisers are employees of their appointing minister's department and as such have the same legal rights as other employees.