Question follow-through · 27862

Department for Work and Pensions: Remote Working

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

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
8 Sept 2026
Target answer date
10 Sept 2026
Answer
21 Sept 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

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

  2. 10 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    As at 31 December 2025, there were 1,684 paid employees in the Department for Work and Pensions recorded as Contracted Homeworkers. This represented 1.79% of the Department's total workforce. These are typically temporary arrangements and are reviewed reg...

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Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.

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