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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Remote Working

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 10 September 2025UIN 70986

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information they hold on the number of workdays that were completed remotely in their Department in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The Department does not centrally record the number of remote workdays completed. However, building occupancy data is published monthly by the Cabinet Office and provides an indicative measure of office attendance across government departments. The latest figures are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-hq-occupancy-data/monthly-average-hq-building-occupancy.

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