Asked by: John Cooper (Conservative - Dumfries and Galloway)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned Insolvency Service staff was at 3 Piccadilly Place in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.
Answered by Blair McDougall - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
For the period of Oct 5th 2026 – Oct 9th 2026, the average attendance for the 388 workers with Manchester assigned as their home office was 27%. This does not include allowances for working offsite, part time working and agreed leave. The Insolvency Service’s Manchester office has 146 desks, across the week the office was 71% full.
Asked by: John Cooper (Conservative - Dumfries and Galloway)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and to the answer of 14 July 2026, to Question 14979, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned HMRC staff at Trinity Bridge House, 2 Dearmans Pl, Salford M3 5DS in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.
Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not calculate office attendance as a weekly percentage. Employees are expected to spend at least 60% of their working time in an office or other workplace, regardless of location, which is monitored over a monthly period. This expectation may be adjusted, where appropriate, to accommodate individual circumstances, including health-related needs, agreed workplace adjustments or the requirements of a particular role. The latest validated data show that, in August 2026, 2,600 of 3,030 of colleagues assigned to Trinity Bridge House in Salford met their individual office attendance expectation representing 85.8% of assigned staff.
Asked by: John Cooper (Conservative - Dumfries and Galloway)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned Network Rail staff was at Square One 4 Travis Street in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
While Manchester Square One is an office base used by Network Rail colleagues and industry partners from across the country, its colleagues work flexibly across a range of rail industry locations, depending on their role and the work they are undertaking. Network Rail has provided desk occupancy data for Square One to help answer the question directly.
Last week (week commencing 5 October 2026), average desk occupancy across the five working days was 51 per cent of the office’s 1,761 desk capacity, equivalent to an average of 903 desks in use each day. Occupancy peaked at 75 per cent on Thursday, when 1,321 desks were in use.
Network Rail’s office requirements in Manchester have been considered over several years, including previous plans to move from Square One as the site was expected to be required for HS2. The creation of Great British Railways now presents new opportunities to bring colleagues from across the railway closer together, supporting greater collaboration and closer working across the industry.
Asked by: John Cooper (Conservative - Dumfries and Galloway)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned Historic England staff at Canada House in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport does not hold records on office attendance for its public bodies, including Historic England.
Asked by: John Cooper (Conservative - Dumfries and Galloway)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 16029, on Darlington Economic Campus: Remote Working, how many staff in her Department are assigned to Darlington Feethams House; and what is the expectation of the percentage rate of office attendance for staff at that office.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
There are currently 9 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport staff assigned to Feethams House, with a further 36 in the process of transferring into DCMS as a result of the recent Machinery of Government change. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has an attendance requirement of 60%. This is applied across all of the Department’s offices regardless of location.
Asked by: John Cooper (Conservative - Dumfries and Galloway)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 14979, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned DCMS staff was at Bloc 17 Marble St in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
We do not hold the information to enable us to answer the average percentage attendance rate of assigned DCMS staff at Bloc 17 Marble Street in Manchester. In the most recent working week for which figures are available, there were on average 96 staff visits per day from a total assigned workforce of 320 colleagues based in Manchester.
Asked by: John Cooper (Conservative - Dumfries and Galloway)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned OFCOM staff was at 1 Circle Square in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport does not hold records on office attendance for its public bodies, including Ofcom.
Asked by: John Cooper (Conservative - Dumfries and Galloway)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned NHS England staff at 3 Piccadilly Place 3 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 3BN in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Further to the answer provided on 12 October in response to Question 29641, I can confirm that: (i) the Care Quality Commission has no staff based at 3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester; (ii) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence does not collect data in a way that allows the average percentage attendance rate for the Manchester office to be determined; and (iii) NHS England does not collect the relevant attendance data.
Asked by: John Cooper (Conservative - Dumfries and Galloway)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned NICE staff at 3 Piccadilly Place 3 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 3BN in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Further to the answer provided on 12 October in response to Question 29641, I can confirm that: (i) the Care Quality Commission has no staff based at 3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester; (ii) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence does not collect data in a way that allows the average percentage attendance rate for the Manchester office to be determined; and (iii) NHS England does not collect the relevant attendance data.
Asked by: John Cooper (Conservative - Dumfries and Galloway)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned CQC staff at 3 Piccadilly Place 3 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 3BN in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Further to the answer provided on 12 October in response to Question 29641, I can confirm that: (i) the Care Quality Commission has no staff based at 3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester; (ii) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence does not collect data in a way that allows the average percentage attendance rate for the Manchester office to be determined; and (iii) NHS England does not collect the relevant attendance data.