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HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Remote Working

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 17 July 2025UIN 66109

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service has spent on equipment for staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

Answered by Sarah Sackman

HM Courts and Tribunals Service provides equipment that enables staff to work across multiple locations, including from home where appropriate. This includes meeting legal obligations to provide reasonable workplace adjustments for staff who require them. All employees are expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity.

The Department does not record expenditure in a way that separately identifies costs specifically related to home working. Reviewing individual invoices to collate this information would incur disproportionate costs.

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