Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance is given to civil servants relating to participation in Pride events; and whether staff are allowed to participate during working hours.

It is a matter for individual departments to determine their respective guidance, operational arrangements, terms and conditions, and flexible working frameworks to manage staff attendance and participation at Pride events. Guidance from the Cabinet Office Staff Network policy on activity undertaken as a member of a Staff Network states that these activities should generally happen in an individual's own time.