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Civil Servants: Remote Working

Asked by Mr Peter BedfordConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 24 February 2025UIN 31670

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of civil servants who work from home every day in each Department.

Answered by Georgia Gould

Central data on Civil Service Headquarters (HQ) occupancy is collected and published quarterly on GOV.UK for all HQ buildings of Whitehall Departments, Office for Scotland, Office for Wales and Northern Ireland Office. The latest data for the period October to December 2024 can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-hq-occupancy-data.

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