Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 69364
Special Advisers: Industrial Disputes
Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question HL8409 on special advisers, whether special advisers who wish to undertake industrial action can only do so as part of industrial action undertaken by their app
Answer
Ms Abena Oppong-AsareAs special advisers have the same legal rights as other employees, their right to take industrial action is not limited to their appointing minister’s department.