Question follow-through · 9826
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of his Department’s offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each o
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 17 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 25 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of his Department’s offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each o
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 moststaff continues to be the best balance of working for the Civil Service. Officeoccupancy data for the period July - September has been published, with furtherpublications to now ha...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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