Question follow-through · 8002
Civil Servants: Political Activities
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to reduce instances of civil servants wearing a) ideologically controversial and b) party political symbols.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 3 Sept 2026 · 86 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to reduce instances of civil servants wearing a) ideologically controversial and b) party political symbols.
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Sept 2026
Answer published
Each Government department operates as an individual employer with delegated authority to manage their own HR systems and it is for them to set policies that relate to this. All civil servants are bound by the civil service code.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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