Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any social events took place between three or more people within the Department for Education buildings between (a) 5 November 2020 and 1 December 2020 and (b) 16 December 2020 and 22 February 2021.

This information is not collected. At the time, staff were expected to work from home and undertake meetings remotely, wherever possible. Some people did need to work from the office and, if so, they had to comply with relevant requirements. The Cabinet Office investigation will establish the facts surrounding a work-related gathering at the Department for Education on 10 December 2020, which the Department has publicly acknowledged.