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Prime Minister: Special Advisers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a recognised trade union for No. 10 special advisers.

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 25 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 29 Jul 2024
Answer: 9 Aug 2024 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

25 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a recognised trade union for No. 10 special advisers.
29 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Aug 2024
Answer published
As per the published Model Contract for Special Advisers, which was last updated in December 2023, no collective bargaining agreements apply to special advisers.All special advisers have the right to join a trade union.

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