Written Question·Home Office·UIN 64667

Home Office: Remote Working

Tabled: 2 July 2025

Answered: 10 July 2025

Question

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

Dame Diana Johnson

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...

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