Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flexible Working
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of staff in his Department have flexible working arrangements; and how many of those work compressed hours.
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle
Based on the information recorded centrally about working patterns, Defra can report that 13.5% of employees work compressed hours.
Additionally, working from home is a form of flexible working and almost all roles in Defra include some flexibility to work from home for up to 40% of their hours, in line with wider Civil Service policy.
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