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It is not government policy that civil servants should work a four-day week on full pay.<\/p>
The Government is committed to supporting individuals and businesses to work in ways that best suit their particular circumstances while also ensuring that it provides value for money for the public.<\/p>
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On 29 July, the Government published the 2024/25 Pay Remit Guidance for the Civil Service on Gov.uk.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/5305", "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Queen's Park and Maida Vale"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Georgia Gould"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-07-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-07-29T16:50:23.687Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-07-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Civil Servants: Pay"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the civil service pay remit guidance for the 2024-25 financial year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/178", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John McDonnell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hayes and Harlington"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "John McDonnell"} ], "uin" : "795"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1679062", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1679062/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Cabinet Office does not hold actual outturn salary cost information for all Civil Service departments and organisations since 1997.<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> However, estimated nominal Civil Service salary costs have previously been calculated for the years 2010 to 2023. These are provided in Table 1 below.<\/p> <\/p> Table 1<\/p> Year<\/p><\/td> Estimated nominal salary cost (£ billions)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010<\/p><\/td> 12.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011<\/p><\/td> 12.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/p><\/td> 11.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/p><\/td> 11.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014<\/p><\/td> 11.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015<\/p><\/td> 11.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016<\/p><\/td> 11.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017<\/p><\/td> 11.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018<\/p><\/td> 12.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2019<\/p><\/td> 13.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2020<\/p><\/td> 14.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2021<\/p><\/td> 15.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2022<\/p><\/td> 16.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2023<\/p><\/td> 17.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: Civil Service Statistics<\/p> Figures are based on Civil Service salaries as at 31st March in each year, and have been adjusted for missing values. They have not been adjusted for inflation (i.e. they are nominal values).<\/p> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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