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Data directory - Trade union facility time reporting 2019/20

Trade Union Facility Time 2019/2020This information relates to the financial year 2019/20 and encompasses the details relating to the following recognised Trade Unions:

  • Unison
  • GMB
  • UNITE
  • NUT

Trade union representatives and full-time equivalents:

  • Trade union representatives: 42
  • FTE trade union representatives: 38.8

Percentage of working hours spent on facility time

  • zero per cent of working hours: 11 representatives
  • 1 to 50 per cent of working hours: 26 representatives
  • 51 to 99 per cent of working hours: zero representatives
  • 100 per cent of working hours: 5 representatives

Total pay bill and facility time costs

  • Total pay bill: £157,084,997
  • Total cost of facility time: £ 199,272
  • Percentage of pay spent on facility time: 0.127 pre cent

Paid trade union activities

  • Percentage of total paid facility time hours spent on paid TU activities: 2.97 per cent