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Cabinet Office: Trade Union Officials

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 18 February 2025UIN 30662

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) headcount and (b) full time equivalent trade union representatives in his Department receive trade union facility time; what proportion of their working hours are spent on facility time on average;

Answered by Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

The latest data we have relates to the financial year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, and is published on GOV.UK. The data can be downloaded from https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/public-sector-trade-union-facility-time-data

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