Trade union facility time
Information on the names of all trade unions represented in the local authority and the amount we spend subsidising trade union activity.
The local government transparency code 2015 requires us to publish the following information on trade union facility time:
- total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of staff who are union representatives (e.g. general, learning and health and safety representatives)
- total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of union representatives who devote at least 50% of their time to union duties
- names of all trade unions represented in the local authority
- a basic estimate of spending on unions (calculated as the number of full time equivalent days spent on union duties by authority staff that spent the majority of their time on union duties multiplied by the average salary), and
- a basic estimate of spending on unions as a percentage of the total pay bill (calculated as the number of full time equivalent days spent on union duties by authority staff that spent the majority of their time on union duties multiplied by the average salary divided by the total pay bill)
Trade union facility time
The reported data is for 1 April to 31 March in each year.
Facility time data 2022/23
Trade union representatives and full-time equivalents
Trade union representatives: 9
FTE trade union representatives: 8.62
Names of all trade unions represented
Unison
Percentage of working hours spent on facility time
0% of working hours: 0 representatives
1 to 50% of working hours: 9 representatives
51 to 99% of working hours: 0 representatives
100% of working hours: 0 representatives
Total pay bill and facility time costs
Total pay bill: £13,123,808
Total cost of facility time: £1,959
Percentage of pay spent on facility time: 0.01%
Paid trade union activities
Hours spent on paid facility time: 77
Hours spent on paid trade union activities: 15
Percentage of total paid facility time hours spent on paid trade union activities: 19.48%
Facility time data 2021/22
Trade union representatives and full-time equivalents
Trade union representatives: 9
FTE trade union representatives: 8.62
Names of all trade unions represented
Unison
Percentage of working hours spent on facility time
0% of working hours: 0 representatives
1 to 50% of working hours: 9 representatives
51 to 99% of working hours: 0 representatives
100% of working hours: 0 representatives
Total pay bill and facility time costs
Total pay bill: £12,512,801
Total cost of facility time: £1,955
Percentage of pay spent on facility time: 0.02%
Paid trade union activities
Hours spent on paid facility time: 102
Hours spent on paid trade union activities: 23
Percentage of total paid facility time hours spent on paid trade union activities: 22.55%
Facility time data 2020/21
Trade union representatives and full-time equivalents
Trade union representatives: 6
FTE trade union representatives: 6
Names of all trade unions represented
Unison
Percentage of working hours spent on facility time
0% of working hours: 0 representatives
1 to 50% of working hours: 6 representatives
51 to 99% of working hours: 0 representatives
100% of working hours: 0 representatives
Total pay bill and facility time costs
Total pay bill: £12,188,689
Total cost of facility time: £1,955
Percentage of pay spent on facility time: 0.02%
Paid trade union activities
Hours spent on paid facility time: 83
Hours spent on paid trade union activities: 40
Percentage of total paid facility time hours spent on paid trade union activities: 48.19%
Facility time data 2019/20
Trade union representatives and full-time equivalents
Trade union representatives: 6
FTE trade union representatives: 6
Names of all trade unions represented
Unison
Percentage of working hours spent on facility time
0% of working hours: 0 representatives
1 to 50% of working hours: 6 representatives
51 to 99% of working hours: 0 representatives
100% of working hours: 0 representatives
Total pay bill and facility time costs
Total pay bill: £12,506,278
Total cost of facility time: £2,155
Percentage of pay spent on facility time: 0.02%
Paid trade union activities
Hours spent on paid facility time: 102
Hours spent on paid trade union activities: 85
Percentage of total paid facility time hours spent on paid trade union activities: 83.33%
Facility time data 2018/19
Trade union representatives and full-time equivalents
Trade union representatives: 7
FTE trade union representatives: 6.62
Names of all trade unions represented
Unison
Percentage of working hours spent on facility time
0% of working hours: 0 representatives
1 to 50% of working hours: 7 representatives
51 to 99% of working hours: 0 representatives
100% of working hours: 0 representatives
Total pay bill and facility time costs
Total pay bill: £11,524,248.08
Total cost of facility time: £2,948
Percentage of pay spent on facility time: 0.03%
Paid trade union activities
Hours spent on paid facility time: 123
Hours spent on paid trade union activities: 32
Percentage of total paid facility time hours spent on paid trade union activities: 26.02%
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