There is a statutory requirement on the council to collate and publish, on an annual basis, a range of data on the amount and costs of trade union facility time.
Unions represented
Representation
| Table showing count of all employees that were union officials at any time during 2024/25 |
| Description |
Absolute number |
Full time equivalent |
| Union representatives e.g. general, learning and health & safety representatives |
6 |
5.3 |
| Percentage of working hours spent on facility time during 2023/24 |
| 0% of working hours |
4 representatives |
| 1 to 50% of working hours |
2 representative |
| 51 - 99% of working hours |
0 representatives |
| 100% of working hours |
0 representatives |
| Cost of trade union facility time between April 2024 and March 2025 |
| Total Pay Bill (inc. pension and NI contributions) |
£19,427,499 |
| Total cost of trade union facility time |
£2,138 |
| Percentage of the council's total pay bill spent on trade union facility time |
0.01% |
| Time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time |
48.82% |
