Department for Transport written question – answered at on 6 April 2022.
Lord Morris of Aberavon
Labour
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of civil servants at the DVLA worked from home in the last 12 months.
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The information is not available in the format requested. The table below shows information on the percentage of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency staff working from home on the first Monday (or subsequent working day) of each month.
Date | Percentage of staff working from home |
7 Mar 2022 | 39.9 |
7 Feb 2022 | 40.2 |
4 Jan 2022 | 38.0 |
6 Dec 2021 | 38.3 |
1 Nov 2021 | 36.2 |
4 Oct 2021 | 35.4 |
6 Sept 2021 | 34.8 |
2 Aug 2021 | 33.4 |
5 Jul 2021 | 34.7 |
7 Jun 2021 | 34.4 |
4 May 2021 | 34.9 |
6 Apr 2021 | 33.4 |
The vast Majority of staff responsible for processing the 60,000 items of mail the DVLA receives every day can only do their work effectively in the office as it involves the handling of sensitive original documentation, for example medical information, birth certificates and passports. These staff have to attend the workplace for their contracted working hours. Staff working from home are mainly in support areas, for example, policy, finance, HR and IT. These staff are doing their jobs fully effectively remotely.
The Welsh Government’s guidance, updated on 25 March, continues to ask those who can work from home to do so. The DVLA has opened up space for these staff to attend the office when they need to, such as for meetings or workshops and plans are in place to return staff to the office when restrictions lift further.
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