Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.

Ministers do not permit employees to work from overseas on a regular basis. Employees are able to request an exception to work from overseas for a temporary period of time in the following limited circumstances. These include short-term situations, such as bereavement or urgent care responsibilities, where there are no alternatives, when accompanying a Civil Service partner who has been posted overseas for an agreed period of time or a UK Armed Forces or Ministry of Defence civilian partner on an overseas posting, or when working in an official capacity on departmental business.