FOI reference - FOI-340
Date - 7 January 2025
Request
This is an information request relating to quango staff 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 following financial years, 2021 to 2022, 2022 to 2023, 2023 to 2024.
- The number of employees currently with permission to work outside of the United Kingdom.
- The number of employees who were given permission to work outside of the United Kingdom in the 2021 to 2022, 2022 to 2023, 2023 to 2024 financial years.
- If possible, for each employee given permission, please provide their pay band, and the country which they were provided permission to work from.
Response
I confirm that we hold some of the information you have requested.
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has a strict overseas working policy, and it does not allow colleagues to work from, or take TPR devices, abroad unless they have an exception, which requires written approval from their line manager and TPR’s People team.
Requests may also have been for business reasons, for example, attend conferences or relating to case work. In some exceptional cases, staff have been given permission to access TPR devices while on leave abroad. This is so, in emergency situations, they can contact TPR colleagues and access TPR systems despite being on holiday. During a potential crisis, this allows them to stay informed, make timely decisions and provide leadership regardless of their location.
- At the date of the request, no employees had permission to work outside of the UK.
- The number of employees who were given permission to work outside of the United Kingdom
in the financial years was as follows:
Financial year Total authorised requests 2021 to 2022 2 2022 to 2023 8 2023 to 2024 9 - We have been unable to identify two grades linked to requests, due to the information being
deleted as part of our internal retention policies.
Country Grade India N - 8 - Specialist - Digital France AB - 2 - Executive Director Maldives Z - Board/DP Spain DA - 5 - Business Lead France BA - 3 - Director France Z - Board/DP USA - - Greece A - 1 - CEO France BA - 3 - Director Ireland K - 7 - Lead Specialist - Digital Italy O - 9 - Lead Associate Finland (mobile phone only) DA - 5 - Business Lead India E - 5 - Business Lead - Digital Greece O - 9 - Lead Associate Republic of Ireland BA - 3 - Director India K - 7 - Lead Specialist - Digital France BA - 3 - Director India - - Poland L - 8 - Specialist