Question follow-through · 43076
Government Departments: Remote Working
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to other Departments on methods for monitoring workplace attendance.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 1 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 9 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to other Departments on methods for monitoring workplace attendance.
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Apr 2025
Answer published
As separate employers, it is for each department to determine methods for monitoring workplace attendance of employees. Current Civil Service guidance requires Civil Servants to attend the office or work face-to-face with colleagues at least 60% of the ti...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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