Hybrid working 40% target statistics: FOI release

Information requested

Under FOISA please can I know the percentage of the civil service that meet the government’s target of 40% of time spent in the office. If possible, can you also let me know how many staff come in 1 day or less each week, if any staff expected to be coming in 40% of the time have been working remotely this entire calendar year and what disciplinary procedures have taken place if so.

Response

Staff in roles compatible with hybrid working should aim to spend 40% of their contracted working time working in-person at their contractual workplace, or (on an ad-hoc basis) at another agreed location.

The 40% target can be spent in different ways including, but not limited to, meeting in teams, collaborating with colleagues, operating out in the field, participating at in-person events such as training/conferences or meeting with customers/stakeholders at their premises.

Monitoring is carried out at a building level, as opposed to individual or team level, to track occupancy and provide important information and data to inform decisions in relation to the Scottish Government estate.

The target is for 40% working in-person over a four week period. The target is not a mandate and therefore Scottish Government does not set performance objectives or assess performance purely on 40% in-person attendance. We would not treat falling short of the 40% target in isolation as a disciplinary matter.

Therefore, this is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.

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