Question follow-through · 64534
Cabinet Office: Remote Working
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department have permission to work remotely outside the UK; and in which countries those staff are based.
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
- 2 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department have permission to work remotely outside the UK; and in which countries those staff are based.
4 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2025
Answer published
Cabinet Office staff may apply for permission to temporarily work remotely overseas in exceptional circumstances. Examples of this might include when accompanying a Civil Service or Armed Forces partner on an official posting. There are <5 staff regist...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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