Question follow-through · 9064

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of her Department's offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each office in p

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
16 Oct 2024
Answer
22 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of her Department's offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each office in p

  2. 16 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Our most recently available figures are for the month of August. Our London HQ saw an average of 81% desk utilisation and 171 staff attending the office per day. In our secondary Manchester HQ desk utilisation was 74% for that same month. This gives an ov...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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