Question follow-through · 33662
Department for Work and Pensions: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the arm’s length bodie
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the arm’s length bodie
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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4 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Department currently has a formal digital desk booking tool - in a limited number of locations - which allows colleagues to book a desk in advance of attending the office, if they wish to do so. However, there is no requirement for colleagues to book ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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