HC Deb 07 December 1977 vol 940 c705W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will give the basic hours of work for civil servants generally and in the Whitehall offices in particular.

Mr. Charles R. Morris

The basic weekly hours of attendance of the majority of non-industrial civil servants are 41 hours in London and 42 hours elsewhere, inclusive of one hour's paid meal break on every full working day. Most industrial civil servants have a basic working week of 40 hours, exclusive of unpaid meal breaks, wherever they are employed.