Trade unions to be questioned by MPs on civil service relocation plans
The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee will hear from the three main civil service unions in the third session of the Planning for the Future of the Government’s Estates inquiry. The FDA, Prospect, and the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union will be questioned on the Cabinet Office’s civil service relocation and job reduction policies.
Meeting details
Though the Government has dropped the target to reduce the civil service by 91,000 posts, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster told the Committee in January that he expected civil service headcount to be decreased in line with reductions in departmental budgets.
MPs will explore with the unions their members’ perspectives on the Government’s relocation plans and their experiences of new regional hubs. The Government’s plans include moving 22,000 roles out of London by 2030 and expanding the number of regional hubs. Phase 1 of the Government Hubs programme, in which HMRC moved staff from around 170 local offices to around a dozen regional hubs, will be examined.