Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of staff in the Department have (a) office-based, (b) hybrid and (c) remote-working contracts.

As of 31 January 2026,

A) Office-based working contracts - 5,646 employees, representing 96.9% of the overall domestic civil servants in payroll.

B) Hybrid working contracts – none

C) Remoting working contracts – 179 employees representing 3.1% of the overall domestic civil servants in payroll.

DBT remains committed to flexible working and the business benefits that it offers, including supporting the Civil Service priority of ensuring continued, effective and productive delivery of the work carried out by civil servants across the full range of services.

DBT operates a ‘hybrid’ approach, led by business needs, and as a result many employees will work both from home and in the workplace on an informal basis.