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Ministry of Defence: Remote Working
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of staff in his Department did not meet the minimum office attendance target in the latest period for which data is available; and what sanctions his Department issues to staff who do not meet thi
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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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- Ports: Infrastructure · 9 Jun 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of staff in his Department did not meet the minimum office attendance target in the latest period for which data is available; and what sanctions his Department issues to staff who do not meet thi
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Sept 2025
Answer published
The number of staff who did not meet the minimum office attendance target is not recorded centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.Local leadership is actively managing engagement and compliance on office attendance/ working remotely ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Ports: Infrastructure
9 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of UK port infrastructure for rapid deployment, military logistics and wider defence resilience.
Army: Fuels
17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate the Army has made of the cost of the move to sustainable aviation fuel set out in the SAF mandate.