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Departmental Home Working

Volume 478: debated on Tuesday 8 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff in his Department are authorised to work from home. (212518)

Some members of staff in the Northern Ireland Office work from home as and when circumstances allow and with prior agreement from their local management, but we do not hold the numbers centrally.

The Department is currently examining whether it would be possible to expand these arrangements bearing in mind the additional cost, security and health and safety issues.