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		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	Y1I1QAzl
	answer has answering person	Kevin Paul Hollinrake
	answer text	<p>In December, the Government published its response to a consultation that considered changes to the right to request flexible working. The response commits to a range of measures that will help to maintain and increase acceptance rates. These include:</p><ul><li>making the right to request flexible working a day one right;</li><li>introducing a new requirement for employees to consult with the employee when they intend to reject their flexible working request; and</li><li>allowing two statutory requests in any 12-month period (rather than the current one).</li></ul><p> </p><p>The response also commits to developing guidance on how to make and administer temporary requests for flexible working.</p>
	answer given date	2023-01-16
	answer has answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	written answer has answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	answering body has written answer	FnyqpZSi
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	answering body has answer	FnyqpZSi
Y1I1QAzl	question has answer	FnyqpZSi
Kevin Paul Hollinrake	answering person has answer	FnyqpZSi