Contractual homeworkers

This Freedom of Information request asks for the number of OS employees that are contractual homeworkers

Request for information - Ref no: FOI221102

September 8, 2022

Information request

Thank you for your email of 31 August 2022, requesting information from Ordnance Survey in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000, as set out in the extract below:

“This is an information request relating to the number of staff who are contractual home workers.

Please include the following information:

The number of staff that currently work employed by the organisation that are contractual home workers

Please also include the following information:

The number of contractual home workers employed by the organisation in each of the last three financial years: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22

By “the department” I mean the core department

By “contractual home workers” I mean employees who have it written into their contracts that their normal working arrangements are to work from home.”

Our response

I confirm that Ordnance Survey does hold the information you have requested, please see the table below:

Financial Year	OS Headcount		Contracted Homeworkers		% of Workforce
Financial Year	People	FTEs*	People	FTEs*	% of Workforce
2019 / 2020	1088	1059	251	249	23.1
2020 / 2021	1258	1229	295	293	23.4
2021 / 2022	1370	1339	305	302	22.3
As of 31/8/2022	1395	1369	304	301	21.8

*FTEs = full time equivalents

In relation to your first question, we have provided the figure for the number of staff currently employed by OS as contractual home workers as of 31 August 2022. This figure is likely to increase by the end of September from 21.8% of the workforce to approximately 30% of the workforce contracted as home workers although the exact number is yet to be determined.

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Internal Review Officer
Customer Service Centre
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Adanac Drive
Southampton
SO16 0AS

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