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Trade Union Facility Time: 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022
The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 came into force on 1 April 2017, which requires relevant public-sector employers to publish specified information related to facility time provided to trade union officials in respect of 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.
The constituent trade unions are:
- UNISON
- GMB
- UNITE
- UCATT
- NEU (NUT and ATL)
- NASUWT
Corporate function
What was the total number of your employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period? |
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Trade union representatives |
Full-time equivalent trade union representatives |
|
84 |
82.67 |
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? |
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Working hours |
Representatives |
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0% |
0 |
|
1 to 50% |
81 |
|
51 to 99% |
0 |
|
100% |
3 |
Total cost of facility time |
£243,967.22 |
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Total pay bill |
£205,742,466.29 |
Percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time, calculated as (total cost of facility time ÷ total pay bill) x 100 |
0.12% |
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? |
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Hours spent on paid facility time |
7,793.45 |
Hours spent on paid trade union activities |
144 |
Percentage of total paid facility time hours spent on paid TU activities |
1.85% |
Education function
What was the total number of your employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period? |
|
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Number of employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period |
Full-time equivalent employee number |
44 |
43.1 |
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? |
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Percentage of time |
Number of employees |
0% |
41 |
1% to 50% |
2 |
51% to 99% |
0 |
100% |
1 |
Total cost of facility time |
£31,047 |
Total pay bill |
£76,353,641 |
Percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time, calculated as (total cost of facility time ÷ total pay bill) x 100 |
0.41% |
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? |
|
---|---|
Time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours calculated as (total hours spent on paid trade union activities by relevant union officials during the relevant period ÷ total paid facility time hours) x 100 |
0% |
Page last updated: 17 May 2023