Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of civil servants working in his Department's offices at Sanctuary Buildings have returned to work in-person.

Following the easing of Plan B restrictions, all Department for Education offices have fully re-opened.

The department has now fully returned to normal ways of working, making use of modern flexible technology. We have adopted hybrid working as a permanent model, with staff expected to work from Sanctuary Buildings (and all other Department for Education sites), or other face to face work settings for between 40 – 60% of their week. This equates on average to two to three days each week for full time staff.

There will be a mix of working patterns across the department depending on the job role and business need which means attendance at the office or other face to face work setting may be different each week.