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Trade Union Facility Time 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024

The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 requires certain public-sector employers to publish specific information relating to facility time given to trade union officials for the period from 1 April to 31 March.

Under the regulations, we are required to publish the following information in relation to trade union officials and facility time.

Our recognised trade unions are:

  • UNISON
  • GMB
  • UNITE

Corporate function

Table 1: Trade union representatives and full-time equivalents

What was the total number of your employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period?

Trade union representatives

Full-time equivalent trade union representatives

74

74

Table 2: Percentage of working hours spent on facility time 

How many of your employees who were relevant union officials employed during the relevant period spent

a) 0%, b) 1%-50%, c) 51%-99% or d) 100% of their working hours on facility time?

Working hours

Representatives

0%

0

1 to 50%

71

51 to 99%

0

100%

3

Table 3: Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time

Total cost of facility time

£255,497.56

Total pay bill

£243,745,969

Percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time, calculated as (total cost of facility time ÷ total pay bill) x 100

 0.1%

Table 4: Paid trade union activities

As a percentage of total paid facility time hours, how many hours were spent by employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period on paid trade union activities?

Hours spent on paid facility time

7,275.35

Hours spent on paid trade union activities

0

Percentage of total paid facility time hours spent on paid TU activities 0%

Page last updated: 09 September 2024

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