Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Civil Service headquarters occupancy data, updated on 1 June 2022, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of occupancy rates on her Department's performance during May 2023.

The Home Office operates from over 200 locations across the UK. The Home Office headquarters is 2 Marsham Street in London, but this accounts for a very small proportion of Home Office staffing. The Home Office continues to reduce its central London footprint moving roles to other parts of the UK as part of the Governments Places for Growth agenda.

Home Office staff conducts a wide range of roles requiring varying levels of attendance at the workplace. Our hybrid working model means that all staff, whose role permits, have the ability to work from home for a proportion of their working hours.

The Home Office continues to deliver for the public on our priorities.