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<p>The Civil Service supports flexible working, recognising that flexible working patterns can be mutually beneficial, helping to attract and retain workforce, increasing productivity and reducing costs.</p><p>Arrangements are made departmentally and locally. Working patterns are agreed subject to business need depending on circumstances.</p><p>We do not hold information centrally about overall numbers of civil servants across all flexible working patterns. However, some information on civil servants working part-time is reported each quarter by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as part of their <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/publicsectoremployment/september2019#public-sector-employment-data" target="_blank">quarterly public sector employment statistics</a>.</p> |