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Ministry of Justice: Remote Working

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 9 July 2025UIN 63520

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much her Department spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones

Obtaining this data would require manually reviewing and reclassifying purchases made across multiple systems and procurement channels. Given the broad range of equipment types and purposes — particularly across a large and complex estate such as the Ministry of Justice — this process would be highly resource-intensive and result in a disproportionate cost to the Department.

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