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Subject: Working from Home

Reference: WBC-FOI-00659

I would like to request the following information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, relating to working from home policies.

a) How many employees in your organisation work from home (work from home being more than 5 hours per day) more than once a week?

b) The number of employees in your organisation and, of these, the number able to perform their work remotely (i.e., not those who are front-line workers) and the number who have started returning to in person work.:

c) What percentage of time, per week, are employees in your organisation entitled to work from home?

Response

Part Disclosed - 7 February 2023

Request for Information - WBC-FOI-00659 - Working from Home

I refer to your request for information received on 03 February 2023. Please see the information below in response to your request: -

Your Request:

I would like to request the following information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, relating to working from home policies.

a) How many employees in your organisation work from home (work from home being more than 5 hours per day) more than once a week?

b) The number of employees in your organisation and, of these, the number able to perform their work remotely (i.e., not those who are front-line workers) and the number who have started returning to in person work.:

c) What percentage of time, per week, are employees in your organisation entitled to work from home?

Our Response:

Wandsworth Council's stance on agile / flexible working has been formally agreed in a set of principles at: see attached.

Please note that Wandsworth Council does not hold information on the exact number and frequency of staff working from home.

If you are dissatisfied with the information provided in relation to your request, you may make representations to the Information and Transparency Manager. Any such request for an internal review should be made within 40 days from today's date. Correspondence should be addressed to: FOIW@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision at: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

Regards,

FOI and DPA Officer

FOIW@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk

Please note that our responses were accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of release, and have not subsequently been updated. This information should be considered an historical record only.