§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many and what proportion of the staff of her Department are(a) job sharing, (b) term working and (c) engaged in another form of flexible working. [42427]
§ Ms Rosie Winterton(a) 2,291 staff currently work reduced hours, a large proportion of whom are engaged on a job-share or job-split arrangement.
(b) While some staff may arrange to work term times only, we keep no separate central records for staff working that particular arrangement, as it would be recorded centrally as an individual working reduced hours.
(c) There are a number of other alternative and flexible working patterns that employees are welcome to take up under the Department's work-life balance policies, such as flexi-time, home working and compressed hours. The flexibility of the pattern is decided in conjunction with local management to suit an individual's need and the needs of their work. Other than those working reduced hours (see (a) above), no central records are kept of these arrangements.