Question follow-through · 72022

Department for Transport: Flexible Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of staff in her Department have flexible working arrangements; and how many of those work compressed hours.

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Department for Transport
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
8 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of staff in her Department have flexible working arrangements; and how many of those work compressed hours.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The figures below cover a range of working patterns that differ from the standard full-time schedule. This includes part-time hours, term-time, compressed working patterns, job shares and other agreed variations. DepartmentProportion of staff with flexib...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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