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Department for Education: Remote Working

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 9 September 2025UIN 70992

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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 Josh MacAlister

The department’s employees work remotely from offices for a variety of reasons, including to visit educational institutions, partner organisations or when they have agreement to work from somewhere other than an office. IT log-on data indicates that approximately 55% of available working days in 2024 and 2025 to date were spent working remotely, but this figure should be treated as indicative rather than definitive, due to limitations in how the data is captured.

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