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Northern Ireland Office: Remote Working

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 23983

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the percentage office workplace attendance requirement in each of the department’s offices, broken down by location; and whether attendance statistics are collated for each of those individual offices.

Answered by Northern Ireland Office

The Northern Ireland Office follows the cross Civil Service expectation that all staff spend at least 60% of their time at a Government building or on official business, such as visiting stakeholders, unless they have an agreed workplace adjustment or other exception. Following a search of our records, we have established that the information you requested is not held by the Northern Ireland Office. Deputy Directors monitor records of team office attendance and therefore data is not held centrally.

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