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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Remote Working

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 18 September 2025UIN 70999

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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 Ian Murray

We do not collect data on the number of workdays that were completed remotely.

Our London headquarters office occupancy is monitored via anonymised entry pass swipe data and is published on gov.uk on a monthly basis starting October 2024, and to date is as follows:

Oct-24

Nov-24

Dec-24

Jan-25

Feb-25

Mar-25

Apr-25

May-25

Jun-25

73%

71%

59%

76%

78%

71%

69%

72%

62%

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