Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026, to Question 20906, on Cabinet Office: Remote Working, what was the business case for 128 staff members having home working contracts, in cases other than accompanying a partner on an official posting.

The Cabinet Office expects most staff to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office or on official business. A small number of home working contracts are in place, but the Cabinet Office position on formal contractual home working agreements is that these are not routinely approved other than for a very small number of appropriate roles, or as part of a workplace adjustment.

Provisions to accompany a partner on an official overseas posting are managed under separate, temporary remote working policies rather than contractual home working or flexible working.