Question follow-through · 9603
Attorney General's Office: Buildings
To ask the Solicitor General, 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 person in the same period.
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- Answering body
- Attorney General
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 25 Oct 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Solicitor General, 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 person in the same period.
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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25 Oct 2024
Answer published
Heads of Department have agreed that 60% minimum office attendance for most staff continues to be the best balance of working for the Civil Service. Office occupancy data for the period July - September has been published, with further publications to now...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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