Question follow-through · 64660
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Remote Working
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 6 Aug 2025 · 35 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Food: Public Sector · 7 Jul 2025
- Catering: Public Sector · 7 Jul 2025
- Food: Local Government · 7 Jul 2025
- Food: Local Government · 7 Jul 2025
- Food: Public Sector · 7 Jul 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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.
6 Aug 2025
Answer published
Information on civil servants employed by Defra based overseas is publicly available.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Catering: Public Sector
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Food: Local Government
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Food: Public Sector
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Food: Public Sector
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David Lammy
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15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the condition of coastal defences at Hemsby in Norfolk.