Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flexible Working
(asked on 29th August 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of staff in his Department have flexible working arrangements; and how many of those work compressed hours.
This question was answered on 19th September 2025
Based on the information recorded centrally about working patterns, Defra can report that 13.5% of employees work compressed hours.
Additionally, working from home is a form of flexible working and almost all roles in Defra include some flexibility to work from home for up to 40% of their hours, in line with wider Civil Service policy.