Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.

As at 31 December 2025, there were 1,684 paid employees in the Department for Work and Pensions recorded as Contracted Homeworkers. This represented 1.79% of the Department's total workforce. These are typically temporary arrangements and are reviewed regularly.