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Civil Service: Facilities Agreements

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 9 June 2026UIN 6091

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of the new Trade Union Facility Time Framework to the Civil Service.

Answered by Satvir Kaur

The updated Civil Service Facility Time Framework and Guidance recommends that facility time expenditure remains limited to 0.1% of a department’s pay bill, and that trade union representatives spend at least 50% of their time delivering their official Civil Service role.

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