Question follow-through · 86653

Local Government: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 75607 on Working Hours: Cambridge City Council, whether he has (a) changed policy and (b) written to local authorities on

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
3 Nov 2025
Answer
10 Nov 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 75607 on Working Hours: Cambridge City Council, whether he has (a) changed policy and (b) written to local authorities on

  2. 3 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    This Government is committed to working in partnership with local authorities and will not micromanage their day-today running. The Secretary of State wrote to South Cambridgeshire District Council in October 2025 (copied to Cambridge City Council), stati...

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