Civil Servants: Trade Unions
Commons · Question 17862 · Tabled 10 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria he uses to distinguish permissible trade union political campaigning by civil servants holding union office from prohibited party-political activity under the Civil Service Code.
Answer
Answered by Satvir Kaur, 16 Jul 2026
Paragraph 4.2.9 of the Civil Service Management Code sets out that Civil Servants who are elected national, departmental, or branch representatives or officers of a recognised trade union need not seek permission before publicising union views on an offic...