Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hours of overtime were worked by officials in his Department in (a) September, (b) October and (c) November in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.

We do not hold how many hours of overtime were worked by officials centrally but we can confirm the amount of overtime hours staff claimed as payment.

The total hours of overtime claimed by Treasury officials in September, October, and November in 2021 was 15,526.07 hours and in 2022 officials claiming for the same period was 8,336.44 hours