Facility Time Reporting

Facility time is the provision of paid or unpaid time off from an employee’s normal role to undertake trade union duties and activities as a trade union representative. 

HR publishes trade union facility time information for transparency. The data for 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 is published below. 

Facility Time Report for 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Table 1
Relevant Union officials
Total number of employees who were relevant union officials during the periodFull-time equivalent employee number                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
5749.71

 

Table 2         
Percentage of time spent on facility time     
Total number of employees who were relevant union officials employed during the period who spent a) 0%, b) 1%50%, c) 51%-99% or d) 100% of their working hours on facility time.
Percentage of time Number of employees                         
0%11
1-50%42
51%-99%2
100%2

 

Table 3         
Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time     
The percentage of the total pay bill spent on paying employees who were relevant union officials for facility time during the period.
Total cost of facility time£403,198.48
Total pay bill£834,789,815.00
Percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time 0.04%                      

 

Facility Time Report 2024-2025 (637.36 KB / PDF)
Facility Time Report 2023-2024 (632.95 KB / PDF)

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