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1564836

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date	09/01/2023
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Parthenon Sculptures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of returning the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece (a) on loan and (b) permanently.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	118938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum are legally owned by the Trustees of the British Museum, which is operationally independent of Government. Decisions relating to the care and management of the museum's collections are a matter for the Trustees of the British Museum.</p><p>The British Museum, along with some other national museums, is prevented by law from deaccessioning objects in its collection. The British Museum has always said that it would consider any request for a loan of the sculptures to Greece – as it would any other object in its collection – as long as its normal conditions for loans are met.</p><p>The Government fully supports the position taken by the Trustees of the British Museum and has no plans to change the law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 17/01/2023 11:01:22 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1564837

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Meat: UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current requirements for farmers to provide a vet-signed attestation for meat to be exported to the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	118939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The EU AHR regulation requires regular on farm veterinary visits for the purpose of biosecurity inspection before animals and products can be exported to the EU. This will be enforced from 13th December 2023. We are currently working with veterinary professionals and industry to see how we can support businesses with this requirement.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/01/2023 15:55:41 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1564838

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of his Department’s employees work from home at least one day a week.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	118940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>HMT operates a hybrid working arrangement which requires staff to spend as a minimum 50% of their working time in the office. This equates to office attendance of 2-3 days per week for fulltime staff and pro-rata basis for part-time staff. HMT’s office occupancy data is published on Gov.Uk:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-headquarters-occupancy-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-headquarters-occupancy-data</a></p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/01/2023 14:07:34 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1564839

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of her Department’s employees work from home at least one day a week.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	118941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>Information on occupancy of the main Department for Education headquarters site is published and available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-headquarters-occupancy-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-headquarters-occupancy-data</a>.</p><p>Since March 2020, the Department has adapted to more agile ways of working to continue delivering business priorities.</p><p>With the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, the Department has adopted a hybrid working model, with staff expected to work from the office or other face to face work setting for at least 60% of their week. The actual number of days will vary depending on individual working patterns.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/01/2023 12:11:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1564840

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of their Department’s employees work from home at least one day a week.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	118942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>As with many departments, Defra has operated using a ratio of desks to staff for a number of years (both pre and post pandemic). Latest occupancy data can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-headquarters-occupancy-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-headquarters-occupancy-data</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work in a highly agile way and ask staff to adopt hybrid working with at least 40%-60% of their week worked from one of our office locations.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/01/2023 16:10:19 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1564841

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of his Department’s employees work from home at least one day a week.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	118943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly. All staff that join do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other Government bodies, principally the Scottish Government and the Ministry of Justice, who remain the employers. Staff assigned to the Scotland Office adhere to the policies of their parent department including policies on flexible working. All staff have the opportunity to work away from the office at least one day a week where this aligns with the business needs of the Scotland Office.</p><p>The Scotland Office is committed to fully utilising the benefits of flexible working while ensuring that we use our buildings effectively and maximise the advantages of in-person collaboration. Occupancy data for our London office is published weekly on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-headquarters-occupancy-data" target="_blank">Gov.UK</a>.</p><p>It should be noted that over the past two years, the Civil Service as a whole has had to work in a more agile way while still delivering essential public services.</p><p>Before the pandemic, most departments worked on a basis of a ratio of desks to staff and that remains the case – so hybrid working arrangements are not new. No office will operate at 100% occupancy given there will always be a number of reasons why staff may be out of the office, for example people being on annual leave, attending meetings off-site or external visits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 12/01/2023 15:24:07 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1564842

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of his Department’s employees work from home at least one day a week.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	118944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The proportion of my Department’s employees who work from home for at least one day a week varies based on business needs. Over the past two years, the Civil Service as a whole has had to work in a more agile way whilst still delivering essential public services.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 16/01/2023 09:26:49 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1564843

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of their Department’s employees work from home at least one day a week.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	118945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Lady to the data on Civil Service headquarters occupancy which <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-headquarters-occupancy-data" target="_blank">is published on Gov.UK</a>. Although the data does not provide exact figures in response to the member’s question, data does provide the daily average staff working in the HQ building - 70 Whitehall as a percentage of staff in the office of current daily capacity.</p><p>In the Cabinet Office, we have organised our estate to make maximum use of our office space. This will mean that most people will spend time in the office each week allowing them to realise the benefits of face to face collaborative working. There will be a mix of working patterns across the department depending on business need and the job role, which means attendance at the office may be different each week.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 17/01/2023 17:25:59 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1564844

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of their Department’s employees work from home at least one day a week.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	118946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office employs over 35,000 staff working across several large business areas including UK Border Force, HM Passport Office, UK Visas and Immigration and several other areas. Staff are employed across all parts of the UK as well as countries around the world doing a variety of policy and operational roles.</p><p>The requirements for workplace attendance are managed at a local level in line with the Home Office Hybrid Working Policy. Under this, all staff are expected to attend the workplace within a framework of between 40%-100% of their contracted hours. Similar to other attendance requirements this is not centrally managed and is co-ordinated through the line management chain.</p><p>Working from home is part of a suite of flexible working options which are non-contractual and flexible to meet the needs of the business and the individual. Collecting data on who can work from home would serve little purpose as our policy applies to all staff subject to the confines of their role.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 17/01/2023 17:03:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1564845

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of their Department’s employees work from home at least one day a week.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	118947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>As a department we do not capture figures for employees working from home at least one day a week. We do however record figures for employees who attend the office. Our Hybrid working policy is minimum of 40% of their time in the office. As a department have headquarters utilisation data published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-headquarters-occupancy-data" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p> </p><p>The Total DWP on a given day, the average figures for people who were working and were in an office are as follows: (Staff that are not working in the office, can either be working remotely or from home).</p><p> </p><p>Q2 2022/23</p><p>DWP Total – 59.4%</p><p> </p><p>Q3 2022/23</p><p>DWP Total – 60.3%</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 17/01/2023 17:32:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord