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<p>The Civil Service encourages flexible working, recognising that flexible working
patterns can be mutually beneficial by improving employees’ work-life balance and
wellbeing, helping to attract and retain a diverse workforce, particularly those with
caring responsibilities, increasing productivity and reducing costs.</p><p>There is
a great deal of flexible working, encompassing a number of practices. These arrangements
are made departmentally and locally. Working patterns are agreed subject to business
need and arrangements can be contractual or informal depending on circumstances. Decisions
are made in line with the ACAS Code of Practice on Flexible Working. Agreements are
also subject to periodic review to ensure the arrangements remain fit for purpose
for the individual and the business.</p><p>We do not hold information centrally about
the overall numbers of civil servants across all types of flexible working patterns.</p>
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