John Hayes MP: written questions
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Scotland Office: Remote WorkingScotland OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answer: The Scotland Office does not permit civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Remote WorkingMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice uses the term international remote working (IRW) to describe working remotely outside the UK. IRW is defined as when an employee wants to undertake the full responsibilities of their role remotely from abroad, for a short-term and ...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Remote WorkingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answer: While it is possible to support employees who want to work from outside of the UK there is no right to do so and in many cases support will be impossible. The department does not allow people to work from outside of the UK without assessing risk on a case...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: Remote WorkingAttorney GeneralTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7986More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, whether her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answer: The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) does not permit civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas.
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Remote WorkingCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7985More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answer: The Cabinet Office does not permit civil servants employed in the United Kingdom to work from overseas on a regular basis. Staff operate internationally to undertake official business travel. Temporary requests to work abroad are subject to strict regulat...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Remote WorkingDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answer: Ministers do not permit employees to work from overseas on a regular basis. Employees are able to request an exception to work from overseas for a temporary period of time in the following limited circumstances. These include short-term situations, such a...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Remote WorkingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answer: The Department does not permit civil servants employed in the UK to work overseas on a regular basis. In a small number of cases, staff may be permitted to work overseas for a short, defined period and for limited reasons, including where urgent work requ...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Remote WorkingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answer: Defra does not permit employees to work overseas on a regular basis and has a robust policy and application process for use in exceptional circumstances only. All exceptional cases must comply with the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Remote WorkingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answer: As the Rt Hon Member will understand, the nature of the work done by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office means that UK-based staff are regularly deployed overseas.
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Health and Social Care: Remote WorkingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answer: The Department does not permit civil servants to work overseas on a regular basis. The Department has a policy for staff to work remotely overseas for short defined periods of time if travelling on official business, where there is a critical business nee...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to help improve road safety in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answer: On 7 January 2026 we published our new Road Safety Strategy, setting out our vision for a safer future on our roads for all. This aims to improve road safety at a national level, with benefits seen across the country, including South Holland and the Deepi...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the take-up of Pension Credit amongst eligible pensioners in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that all pensioners receive the support to which they are entitled. That is why we have been running the biggest ever Pension Credit take-up campaign across the whole of Great Britain, promoting Pension Credit to el...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Remote WorkingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answer: DWP policy does not allow civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis. Civil servants can be authorised to travel from the UK to conduct official business if necessary, returning to the UK after the conclusion of that busine...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Remote WorkingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answer: Overseas remote working is only permitted on a temporary basis; permanent working outside the UK in a DBT role is not allowed.Approval is granted in exceptional circumstances (e.g. a family funeral), before or after annual leave visiting family/friends, o...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordScotland Office: StreamingScotland OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department permits (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials to use (i) Chat GPT, (ii) Google Gemini, (iii) Claude, (iv) Deepseek and (v) Grok as part of their official duties.
Answer: The Government is committed to harnessing the benefits of artificial intelligence to improve the productivity of the Civil Service and the quality of public services. Departments provide officials, Ministers and special advisers with access to secure, ent...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWales Office: StreamingWales OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department has spent on advertising on podcasts in each of the last three years.
Answer: Nothing. The Wales Office has not spent any money on advertising on podcasts in the last three years.
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Remote WorkingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answer: My Department’s international remote working policy allows employees to make an application to work remotely overseas for a short, defined period of time and for a number of limited reasons. Approval of such a request is subject to the employee having the...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Remote WorkingDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answer: There is no contractual right for DfT staff to work from a location outside the UK. In some circumstances, DfT may post employees overseas for official business purposes. Employees may also be required to travel overseas for business purposes, for example...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWales Office: Artificial IntelligenceWales OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether her Department permits (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials to use (i) Chat GPT, (ii) Google Gemini, (iii) Claude, (iv) Deepseek and (v) Grok as part of their official duties.
Answer: The Government is committed to harnessing the benefits of artificial intelligence to improve the productivity of the Civil Service and the quality of public services. Departments provide officials, Ministers and special advisers with access to secure, ent...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department permits (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials to use (i) Chat GPT, (ii) Google Gemini, (iii) Claude, (iv) Deepseek and (v) Grok as part of
Answer: The Government is committed to harnessing the benefits of artificial intelligence to improve the productivity of the Civil Service and the quality of public services. Departments provide officials, Ministers and special advisers with access to secure, ent...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department permits (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials to use (i) Chat GPT, (ii) Google Gemini, (iii) Claude, (iv) Deepseek and (v) Grok as part of their official duties.
Answer: The Government is committed to harnessing the benefits of artificial intelligence to improve the productivity of the Civil Service and the quality of public services.Departments provide officials, Ministers and special advisers with access to secure, ente...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordScotland Office: StreamingScotland OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on advertising on podcasts in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Scotland Office has spent nil on advertising on podcasts in the last three years.
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: StreamingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on advertising on podcasts in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has not spent any funds on podcast advertising within the last three years.
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Remote WorkingHome OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answer: The Home Office has a clear policy on International Remote Working (IRW), which is only permitted in very limited circumstances, either on compassionate grounds for up to four weeks where an employee has a seriously ill relative abroad, or to enable an em...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Remote WorkingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Answer: No. DCMS civil servants are not permitted to work from overseas on a regular basis. In line with departmental security and HR processes DCMS staff may be permitted temporary, short and time limited working arrangements overseas, in exceptional circumstanc...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
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