Question follow-through · 71939

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of staff in her Department did not meet the minimum office attendance target in the latest period for which data is available; and what sanctions her Department issues to staff wh

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
15 Sept 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of staff in her Department did not meet the minimum office attendance target in the latest period for which data is available; and what sanctions her Department issues to staff wh

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The department does not centrally record data on staff who do not meet our 60% office attendance expectation, this is managed locally by line managers.Failure to meet a reasonable request from a line manager can result in a sanction under our disciplinary...

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