Question follow-through · 63979
Scotland Office: Remote Working
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Scotland Office
- Tabled
- 1 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
3 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly. However, contractual homeworking is a type of flexible working arrangement where an employee and the department agree to change the employee’s designated place of work to their home address. The Civil Se...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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