Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many officials in his Department worked from home for more than one day a week on average over the month to 30 October 2024.

Since the pandemic, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) have had a hybrid working policy in place.

DBT’s hybrid working approach means staff should spend 40-60% of their contracted hours (averaged over a month) in the office or visiting stakeholders and businesses, and the rest of their time working from home.

This works out to be on average 2-3 days working from home per working week for a full-time member of staff.