Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what their Departments policy is on Civil Servants in their Department working from home and receiving the London Weighting Allowance.

The Cabinet Office does not have a London Weighting Allowance. Pay arrangements, including those for London, are delegated to each department. In the Cabinet Office, there are separate London and National pay ranges. An individual’s pay, paid as a salary, is determined by the location of their designated office, as set out in their contract.

Ministers and the senior leadership in the Cabinet Office are clear civil servants should be in the office where needed to drive delivery and to adhere to contractual obligations.