Written questions

Department for Business and Trade: Conditions of Employment

Commons · Question 114463 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 2 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of staff in the Department have (a) office-based, (b) hybrid and (c) remote-working contracts.

Answer

Answered by Kate Dearden, 2 Mar 2026

As of 31 January 2026,A) Office-based working contracts - 5,646 employees, representing 96.9% of the overall domestic civil servants in payroll.B) Hybrid working contracts - noneC) Remoting working contracts - 179 employees representing 3.1% of the overal...