Home Working Contracts

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Dear HM Revenue and Customs,

Please disclose all records/information held confirming the following;

a) total amount of employees within HMRC

b) the total amount of employees within the HMRC who have a home working contract (an employee specifically not linked to an office or HMRC base location), this disclosure should be presented as a number and as a percentage

c) any guidance/policies currently used by the HMRC to determine eligibility of an employee for a Home Working Contract

Yours faithfully,

George Cross

Team, FOI, HM Revenue and Customs

Our ref: FOI2023/53778

Dear Mr Cross,

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Thank you for your communication of 21 July.

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Yours sincerely

HMRC Freedom of Information Team

Team, FOI, HM Revenue and Customs

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Dear Mr Cross,

We are writing in response to your request for information, received 21
July.

Yours sincerely,

HMRC Freedom of Information Team

Dear Team, FOI,

With respect to your response for (B), can you disclose the number of contractual home workers in HMRC as you have defined them?

Yours sincerely,

George Cross

Team, FOI, HM Revenue and Customs

Our ref: FOI2023/60693

Dear Mr Cross,

Thank you for your request, which was received on 16 August.

Please remember to quote the reference number above if you need to contact
us about this request again.

We aim to respond to all freedom of information requests within 20 working
days. We will either send you the information you have asked for or let
you know why we can't.

If we can't reply by 14 September 2023, we will write to let you know the
reason and when you can expect a response.

Yours sincerely

HMRC Information Rights Unit

Team, FOI, HM Revenue and Customs

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Dear Mr Cross,

We are writing in response to your request for information, received 16
August.

Yours sincerely,

HMRC Freedom of Information Team

Team, FOI, HM Revenue and Customs

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Dear Mr Cross

Further to your recent FOI request, reference number 2023/60693.

Please see attached a revised response, which adds further context. Please
note, the answer to your question remains unchanged: we have added some
information about the circumstances in which we offer home working which
we hope you will find useful.

Yours sincerely
HMRC Freedom of Information Team