Home Office: Remote Working
Commons · Question 64667 · Tabled 2 Jul 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department have permission to work remotely outside the UK; and in which countries those staff are based.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 10 Jul 2025
The Home Office has a clear policy on International Remote Working (IRW), which is only permitted in very limited circumstances, either on compassionate grounds for up to four weeks where an employee has a seriously ill relative abroad, or to enable an em...