Question follow-through · 27401

Home Office: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.

answeredHome 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
Home Office
Tabled
7 Sept 2026
Target answer date
9 Sept 2026
Answer
10 Sept 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.

  2. 9 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The number of staff with a homeworking contract is 1742, and represents 3.4% of the total members of staff working in the Home Office.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.

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