Question follow-through · 64665

Treasury: Remote Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in her Department have permission to work remotely outside the UK; and in which countries those staff are based.

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Answering body
Treasury
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

  1. 2 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in her Department have permission to work remotely outside the UK; and in which countries those staff are based.

  2. 4 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    HM Treasury's international remote working policy permits certain staff to work remotely overseas in order to accompany a partner posted abroad on HMG business. There are two members of staff who each have permission to work remotely from a European count...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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