Question follow-through · 18221
Government Departments: Trade Unions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Government's policies on departmental check-off arrangements of Supreme Court judgment [2024] UKSC 41 relating to (a) Secretary of State for the Department
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Government's policies on departmental check-off arrangements of Supreme Court judgment [2024] UKSC 41 relating to (a) Secretary of State for the Department
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Dec 2024
Answer published
Departments are responsible for the development of their own workforce policies, subject to the framework of instructions set out in the Civil Service Management Code. This includes the administration of check-off arrangements.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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