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Data directory - Trade union facility time reporting 2022/23

Trade Union Facility Time 2022/2023

This information relates to the financial year 2022/23 and encompasses the details relating to the following recognised Trade Unions:

  • Unison
  • GMB
  • UNITE

Trade union representatives and full-time equivalents:

  • Trade union representatives: 29
  • FTE trade union representatives: 28

Percentage of working hours spent on facility time

  • zero per cent of working hours: 6 representatives
  • 1 to 50 per cent of working hours: 18 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: £174,978,619
  • Total cost of facility time: £ 255,499
  • Percentage of pay spent on facility time: 0.146 per cent

Paid trade union activities

Percentage of total paid facility time hours spent on paid TU activities: 2.6 per cent’