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Department for Work and Pensions: Remote Working

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 10 July 2025UIN 64663

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in her Department have permission to work remotely outside the UK; and in which countries those staff are based.

Answered by Andrew Western

DWP has no employees who are temporarily working outside the UK. The DWP policy does not permit overseas homeworking as per our Contractual Homeworking Policy.

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