Question follow-through · 9021

Department for Education: Flexible Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of full-time staff on full pay (1.0 FTE) in the department work compressed hours over a four day week.

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
15 Jun 2026
Answer
19 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of full-time staff on full pay (1.0 FTE) in the department work compressed hours over a four day week.

  2. 15 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The department defines full-time staff on full pay as those with a full-time equivalent (FTE) of 1.0.As at 31 May 2026, 549 staff employed by the department with an FTE of 1.0 work compressed hours over a four day week. This represents 8.6% of full-time s...

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