Response HR250826

Response to request for information

Reference

HR250826

Response date

25 August 2026

Request

This is an information request relating to council officers being given permission to work from outside the United Kingdom. By United Kingdom, I refer to Northern Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland, not including the crown dependencies.

Please include the following information, for the 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26 financial years:

• The number of staff, per year, given permission to work from abroad
• For each member of staff granted permission, please provide:
  
  • their pay band
  • the country they have been allowed to work from
  • the length of time that they have been allowed to work for and
  • the dates they were allowed to work from abroad
• The longest time a member of staff has been granted permission to work from abroad and what country they went to. 
• The highest ranking officer that was allowed to work from abroad 
• The current number of people working from abroad and where they are. 

Response

The number of staff, per year, given permission to work from abroad

• 2023/24 – zero
• 2024/25 – zero
• 2025/26 – zero

Consequently, the answer to the remainder of your questions is all are not applicable.