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Whitehall's work-from-home culture is laid bare today with the revelation that much of the Foreign Office has lain empty during the worst international crisis since the Second World War.
Government figures seen by The Mail on Sunday show that earlier this month, staff were using only about a third of the desk spaces at its offices in Central London.
The Home Office – under fire for its slow handling of the Homes for Ukraine refugee scheme – was little better, with just 42 per cent of desks in its London HQ in use during the week beginning April 4.
The Department for Education (DfE) near Westminster was even worse, with an average of just one in four desk spaces occupied.
Much of the Foreign Office has lain empty during the worst international crisis since the Second World War, according to new government figures. Above: Foreign Secretary Liz Truss
1922 Committee Chairman Sir Graham Brady (above) said: ‘For Britain, which after Brexit has to compete with the very best in the world to the very highest standards, this is even more critical. It’s time to get serious. It’s time to get people back to work’
Separately, this paper can reveal that executives at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) are still working from home for up to three days a week.
The revelations come after the Daily Mail revealed yesterday how tens of thousands of civil servants across the UK were being allowed to carry on working from home indefinitely as part of permanent ‘hybrid working’.
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