Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what their Departments policy is on Civil Servants in their Department working from home and receiving the London Weighting Allowance.

Most DfT employees work in a hybrid manner, which provides flexibility regarding when and where they work. In line with the Department’s workplace and location principles DfT employees are expected to spend a minimum of 40% of their working time at their principal workplace.

Employees whose principal workplace, as set out in their contract, is within the M25 or where their working pattern involves working at multiple sites with the majority of their time required to be spent at locations within the M25 will receive London pay.

Subject to their meeting the eligibility criteria all DfT employees have a statutory right to request a flexible working arrangement, including to have their home assigned as their principal workplace (known as contractual homeworking). Where this is agreed and the employees’ home is their principal workplace, they will receive national pay regardless of the location of their home. Line Managers will consider flexible working requests in line with our flexible working policy, taking into account operational requirements and relevant legislation.