Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 64663

Department for Work and Pensions: Remote Working

Tabled: 2 July 2025
Answered: 10 July 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in her Department have permission to work remotely outside the UK; and in which countries those staff are based.

Answer

Andrew Western
DWP has no employees who are temporarily working outside the UK. The DWP policy does not permit overseas homeworking as per our Contractual Homeworking Policy.