Written questions

Civil Servants: Clothing

Lords · Question HL1037 · Tabled 12 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 18 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Baroness Jenkin of Kennington

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 7 August (HL346), whether this clothing policy applies to all staff in the Department for Work and Pensions.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Sherlock, 18 Sep 2024

The DWP’s standards of behaviour statement requires employees to dress in a professional and business-like way. Professional and business-like has a normal, everyday meaning.