Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants are employed on flexible working arrangements.

The Civil Service supports flexible working, recognising that flexible working patterns can be mutually beneficial, helping to attract and retain workforce, increasing productivity and reducing costs.

Arrangements are made departmentally and locally. Working patterns are agreed subject to business need depending on circumstances.

We do not hold information centrally about overall numbers of civil servants across all flexible working patterns. However, some information on civil servants working part-time is reported each quarter by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as part of their quarterly public sector employment statistics.