Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to encourage the NHS to introduce a £6 per month payment for employees working from home to cover the increased costs of working in that way.

There are no plans to introduce a £6 per month payment for National Health Service staff working from home. Employers do have local flexibility to pay an extra £6 per week for weekly paid employees or £26 per month for monthly paid employees should they choose to do so.

If required to work from home on a regular basis, it is possible for employees to claim tax relief for additional household costs for things like heating and water bills; this does not include costs that would remain the same regardless of working at home or in an office, like rent and council tax.

The full guidance on tax relief can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/tax-relief-for-employees/working-at-home