Question follow-through · 71427

Department for Work and Pensions: Lincoln

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the closure of the DWP office employees in Lincoln; and whether flexible working arrangements will be offered to staff who cannot relocate.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
10 Sept 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the closure of the DWP office employees in Lincoln; and whether flexible working arrangements will be offered to staff who cannot relocate.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The department currently has excess space. All decisions around estates are driven by departmental strategy to deliver a smaller, better and greener estate. Equality Analysis has been undertaken as part of the decision-making process. Since the announceme...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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