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Public Bodies: Facilities Agreements

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 23 December 2025UIN 99839

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to his Department's publication entitled Public-sector trade union facility time data, updated on 27 November 2025, how many and what proportion of public bodies required to submit facility time data did not submit data, including data by (a) civil service, (b) education, (c) local authorities, (d) NHS, (e) police and (f) other bodies in (i) 2023-24 and (ii) 2024-25.

Answered by Anna Turley

A list of the Public Bodies which are required to submit facility time data can be found in Schedule 1 of The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017.

The public-sector trade union facility time data for the year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 has been published on .gov.uk.

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