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Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade: Buildings

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 21066

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 9331 on DSIT: Buildings, what the percentage HQ office attendance is calculated using the number of unique individual security pass swipes recorded by the access control system in the most recent quarter as a percentage of staff assigned to work in the building multiplied by the number of working days in that month.

Answered by Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

The HQ office attendance for 22-26 Whitehall was 44.5% for the months of June, July and August 2026. This includes ICS staff who are co-located with former DSIT.

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