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Ministry of Defence: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information they hold on the number of workdays that were completed remotely in their Department in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
5 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information they hold on the number of workdays that were completed remotely in their Department in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The number of workdays spent working remotely is not recorded centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Local leadership is actively managing engagement and compliance on office attendance/ working remotely and has reported that complia...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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