Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what their Departments policy is on Civil Servants in their Department working from home and receiving the London Weighting Allowance.

Departments set their own London pay arrangements, which vary under delegated authority. Flexible working is also a fundamental element of the Civil Service employment offer which is consistent with other sectors. This flexibility includes hybrid working with attendance in the office for part of the week and part at home, which leaves the contract and London pay arrangements unchanged.

The Northern Ireland Office has agreed hybrid working arrangements which typically require staff to spend two to three days in the office each week, and the option of two to three days working from home. The majority of Northern Ireland Office will be working on a hybrid basis, or be entirely based in the workplace.