Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of employees in her Department worked (a) in departmental accommodation, (b) from home and (c) at any other location in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.

DWP employs over 83,000 people who are contracted to work on Departmental accommodation. Working from home and other locations is permissible providing DWP data is kept secure, but this is exceptional and subject to business needs.

DWP does not hold central records of the numbers of employees who work from home or at other locations and the information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.