Department for Education: Flags

(asked on 5th September 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many days the Union Flag was flown on her Department's main sites in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.


Answered by
Josh MacAlister Portrait
Josh MacAlister
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
This question was answered on 10th October 2025

The Union Flag is flown every day at the department headquarters in London. This is the only department building with a flagpole.

This is in accordance with the Union Flag flying guidance for UK government buildings: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying.

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