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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Remote Working

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 6 August 2025.

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Photo of Rupert Lowe Rupert Lowe Independent, Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department have permission to work remotely outside the UK; and in which countries those staff are based.

Photo of Daniel Zeichner Daniel Zeichner The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Information on civil servants employed by Defra based overseas is publicly available.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 6 August 2025, cW)

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