Department for Education: Conditions of Employment
(asked on 20th February 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of staff in her Department have (a) office-based, (b) hybrid and (c) remote-working contracts.
Answered by
Olivia Bailey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
This question was answered on 2nd March 2026
As of February 2026, 486 employees of the department (6%) work remotely because their roles require them to be based at a distance from a departmental office.
All other employees, apart from a small number with homeworking as a reasonable adjustment, are office‑based with access to hybrid working arrangements. Hybrid working arrangements are non-contractual and led by business needs.