Question follow-through · 71000

Northern Ireland Office: Remote Working

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

answeredNorthern Ireland Office

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
3 Sept 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 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. 3 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Northern Ireland Office follows the cross Civil Service expectation that everyone spend at least 60% of their time at a Government building or on official business, such as visiting stakeholders, unless they have an agreed adjustment or exception. Dep...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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