John Hayes MP: written questions 2025
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Rural Payments Agency: Remote WorkingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Rural Payments Agency has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: Rural Payments Agency employees can be reimbursed the cost of purchasing some equipment to help make sure they have the right equipment to work safely from home in line with the department’s working from home policy. The Rural Payments Agency is unable to...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordForestry Commission: Remote WorkingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Forestry Commission has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Forestry Commission provides IT equipment to support staff working in a blended way, between office space and home and also a small number of contracted home workers. Equipment is procured through best-value frameworks, including the Civil Service Pu...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHM Prison and Probation Service: Remote WorkingMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service has spent on equipment for staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: Obtaining this information could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice of the Public Guardian: Remote WorkingMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Office of the Public Guardian has spent on equipment for staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: Information on the cost of equipment provided specially for home working cannot be obtained without incurring a disproportionate cost, due to the way these costs are recorded.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Agency: Remote WorkingMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Legal Aid Agency has spent on equipment for staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: This information could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.Heads of departments have agreed that 60% minimum office attendance for most staff continues to be the best balance of working for the Civil Service.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Injuries Compensation Authority: Remote WorkingMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority has spent on equipment for staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The following table outlines the amounts the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority has spent on equipment for staff to work from home in each of the last three financial years.Financial YearTotal Cost2022-23£3,938.152023-24£853.982024-25£3,923.81Total ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHM Courts and Tribunals Service: Remote WorkingMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service has spent on equipment for staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: HM Courts and Tribunals Service provides equipment that enables staff to work across multiple locations, including from home where appropriate. This includes meeting legal obligations to provide reasonable workplace adjustments for staff who require them....
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHM Land Registry: Remote WorkingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much HM Land Registry has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: Following the coronavirus pandemic, HM Land Registry (HMLR) has enabled all staff to work both from home and from the office in line with the government’s 60% office attendance requirements. Heads of departments have agreed that 60% minimum office attenda...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: CostsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the estimate in the report by the OBR entitled Fiscal risks and sustainability, published in July 2025 of the fis
Answer: In its most recent ‘Fiscal risks and sustainability report’ (2025), the OBR is clear that the costs of climate damage are getting higher, while the cost of the net zero transition is getting lower. Only by investing in the transition now can we reduce cos...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Infrastructure Commission: Remote WorkingTreasuryTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65716More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the National Infrastructure Commission has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: As equipment costs to enable working from home were processed as expenses, and are approved on an individual basis, the information is not readily available and providing it would incur a disproportionate cost to the organization.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood Standards Agency: Remote WorkingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Food Standards Agency has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has a long-established contractual flexible working offer known as Our Ways of Working (OWOW). The 2013 Civil Service Reform project, The Way We Work, required Government organisations to adopt Smarter Working by 2022, lead...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice of Rail and Road: Remote WorkingDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Office of Rail and Road has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Office of Rail and Road does not differentiate between equipment purchased for use in the office and for home use, so does not hold this information.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMet Office: Remote WorkingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much the Met Office has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Met Office has had the ability to track and report totals for the provision of monitors, mice and keyboards for staff working from home, where required, since August 2024. Since then, the total cost to date is £21,551.95.For the period preceding Augus...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOfgem: Remote WorkingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much Ofgem has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: Ofgem is a non-ministerial government department. It has its own policies regarding the procurement and provision of equipment. The total spent on ‘working from home’ equipment reflects an increased headcount to deliver additional remit for key government...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth and Safety Executive: Remote WorkingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Health and Safety Executive has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: HSE spend on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years is shown in the table below. 2022/232023/242024/25HSE Equipment Spend (inclusive of VAT)£329,011£308,537£317,551 Note – the cost mainly relates to provision of equip...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Business Bank: Remote WorkingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the British Business Bank has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The British Business Bank has spent the following on equipment for safe and productive home working:(i) 2022-23 = N/A(ii) 2023-24 = £9,697(iii) 2024-25 = £7,857This includes home working equipment such as desks, chairs, monitors, keyboards and mice. This ...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Property Agency: Remote WorkingCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65709More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government Property Agency has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Government Property Agency uses the Cabinet Office's policy on Office Workstation Safety which includes the purchase of equipment for working at home. We do not have any formal home working contracts at the GPA.IT equipment is purchased for the Govern...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Commercial Service: Remote WorkingCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65708More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Crown Commercial Service has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The provision of equipment by Crown Commercial Service (CCS) for staff to use when working at home is made in line with Health and Safety legislation and workplace adjustment requirements. Information on how much has been spent specifically to facilitate ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Statistics Authority: Remote WorkingCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65707More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the UK Statistics Authority has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 8th July is attached.
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Remedies Authority: Remote WorkingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the Trade Remedies Authority has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Trade Remedies Authority has spent the following on equipment for safe and productive home working:(i) 2022-23 = £5,695(ii) 2023-24 = £2,010(iii) 2024-25 = £3,672This includes home working equipment such as desks, chairs, monitors, keyboards and mice....
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSerious Fraud Office: Remote WorkingAttorney GeneralTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65705More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how much the Serious Fraud Office has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: All Serious Fraud Office (SFO) staff are routinely provided with laptops that enable them to work flexibly in the office, at home or other locations.In financial year 2024-25, the SFO spent £1311.77 on equipment to enable a small number of staff needing...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Legal Department: Remote WorkingAttorney GeneralTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65704More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how much the Government Legal Department has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: In line with the Government Legal Department’s (GLD) hybrid working policy, the Department has spent the following amounts for each financial year on providing staff with the relevant equipment and furniture to enable them to work effectively at home:Fina...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Prosecution Service: Remote WorkingAttorney GeneralTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65703More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how much the Crown Prosecution Service has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spent the below amounts on equipment such as chairs, monitors and desks to enable to staff to work from home effectively in the last three years:Financial yearCPS homeworker Spend2024-25£295,8222023-24£336,2062022-23£44...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCharity Commission: Remote WorkingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Charity Commission has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Charity Commission for England and Wales promotes hybrid working arrangements. Equipment provided to staff (such as laptops) are used for both office working and home working.The Charity Commission publishes an Annual Report that lists a summary of sp...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCompetition and Markets Authority: Remote WorkingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the Competition and Markets Authority has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Competition and Markets Authority has spent the following on equipment for safe and productive home working:(i) 2022-23 = £44,658.20(ii) 2023-24 = £42,469.83(iii) 2024-25 = £40,739.89This includes home working equipment such as desks, chairs, monitors...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
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