Question follow-through · 7362
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Remote Working
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 8 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2026
Answer published
My Department’s international remote working policy allows employees to make an application to work remotely overseas for a short, defined period of time and for a number of limited reasons. Approval of such a request is subject to the employee having the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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