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Civil Service: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Civil Service staff networks to only meet outside working hours and have all events signed off by senior managers, published on 23 September 2025, what a

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
20 Oct 2025
Answer
30 Oct 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Civil Service staff networks to only meet outside working hours and have all events signed off by senior managers, published on 23 September 2025, what a

  2. 20 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The cross Civil Service Network Policy applies as published to all cross-Civil Service Staff Networks only. However it also acts as a model policy for Departments to adopt or adapt depending on business needs for their departmental networks. The Cabinet O...

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