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<p>Since March 2020 the Department has increased the number of colleagues with IT
which enables them to work more flexibly, including from home, by over 50,000. This
means almost 74,000 people in total now have kit to enable them to work this way,
which is approximately 81 per cent of our workforce.</p><p>The Department continues
the roll-out of IT kit as quickly as it can, delivering over 2,500 pieces of IT equipment
a week to ensure that everyone in DWP is enabled to work flexibly by the end of March.</p><p>The
roll out has been delivered according to a carefully planned set of priorities in
order to keep our colleagues safe whilst keeping our services running and has been
delivered to plan.</p><p> </p><p>Some job roles can only be done in the office or
individuals’ personal circumstances mean they do not wish to work from home - these
colleagues will continue to use their existing desk-based IT. Where colleagues are
required to work in an office, please be assured that measures are in place which
follow all Government guidance on social distancing to ensure the safety of colleagues.</p>
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