Question to the Home Office:

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

The Home Office no longer pays a London Weighting Allowance to employees. Those employees whose contractual work location is within London are on a higher pay range than those working outside of London.

Pay arrangements, including those for London, are delegated to each department. Flexible working is also a fundamental element of the Civil Service employment offer which is consistent with other sectors.

Flexible working arrangements enable departments to make efficient use of resources, and the offer also ensures the Civil Service can attract and retain a diversity of talent.

As part of this approach departments have developed hybrid working arrangements which typically require Civil Servants to spend 2-3 days in the office each week, and the option of 2-3 days working from home. The majority of Civil Servants will be working on a hybrid basis, or be entirely based in the workplace.