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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Facilities Agreements

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 7 September 2026UIN 24002

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what was the total cost of facility time to the department in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were 100% facility time; and whether funding was provided for trade union activities in each of those years.

Answered by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Year

Cost

Headcount

100% FT

Funding

2023/24

£49,977

22

0

No

2024/25

£71,714

20

0

Yes

2025/26

NR

NR

0

No

2025/26 not recorded as requirement to record was repealed.

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