Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department have formal arrangements to work from home during the covid-19 outbreak.

In response to the Prime Minister’s statement on 16 March, the Civil Service moved to remote working by default, where possible to do so. While some staff have formal home working arrangements under HM Treasury’s Flexible Working provisions, all staff are currently required to work from home to support the government measures in limiting the spread of covid-19. On the very rare occasions where it is not possible for Treasury employees to work from home they may work from the office with the permission of their Director.

On average the department has less than 1% of its workforce physically attending the workplace during lockdown period.