Remote working policy at the ONS

Reference: FOI-2024-1888

You asked

Please publish under FOI your policy on working from home and state whether this is recorded.

If so, how many days in the year to 31 December 2023 were worked at home by ONS staff?

We said

Thank you for your enquiry. 

The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) does not have a policy which solely addresses working from home. The UKSA Flexible Working Framework includes information on our whole flexible working offer, which includes hybrid working (section four) and contractual homeworking (section five) in the associated download 'Flexible_Working_Framework'. 

There are no centralised records of the overall days ONS staff worked at home during 2023. Colleagues managed their own hybrid working arrangements in discussion and agreement with their line managers, ensuring they attended the office as required by business need.