Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is provided on home working to staff in her Department resident in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
The Department has a long-standing policy on the circumstances in which an employee might request and be allowed to work from home.
This policy was supplemented in July 2021 with publication of new guidance for those employees that are designated ‘hybrid workers’. This new guide covers a wider range of topics, such as effective performance management and caring whilst working from home.
Both the long-standing home working policy and new hybrid working guidance apply consistently across England, Scotland and Wales.