Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data is (a) collected and (b) analysed by his Department on staff working locations, patterns of working in person and remotely, and times at which staff are (i) working, and (ii) physically present in HM Treasury buildings to underpin the adoption, management and assessment of smart working practices in his Department.

The department does not use data collected on staff working locations, patterns of working in person or remotely, or times at which staff are working and physically present in HMT Treasury buildings as the sole indicators analysed to underpin the adoption, management, and assessment of smart working practices.

HMT started work to adopt smarter working practices pre-pandemic and underwent an initial assessment by the Government Property Agency (GPA) in February 2020 in which it was assessed as a ‘new’ adopter of smarter working practices. A further smarter working assessment by the GPA to measure progress is planned to take place in February 2022.