Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Civil Service headquarters occupancy data, updated on 1 June 2022, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of occupancy rates on his Department's performance during May 2023.

The data published by Cabinet Office is for DWP’s London Caxton House building only, and does not cover the Department’s other corporate, or service delivery locations and does not cover employees working in other government buildings or workplaces. The Department does not have data that can provide an assessment of the potential impact of occupancy rates in Caxton House on DWP’s performance specifically during May 2023. Broader research conducted across the Civil Service has considered the impact of hybrid working on productivity and found that overall productivity is being maintained. We continue to keep hybrid working under review.