questionText: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current average percentage of civil service expenditure on pay is disbursed on trade union facility time; what that percentage was in 2023-24; and whether he has set a target for that percentage in the new facility time framework agreed with the trade unions.
answerText: Based on data submitted via the online Cabinet Office Trade Union Facility Time Reporting Service, the average Civil Service spend on facility time, as a percentage of total pay bill, in both 2023-24 and 2024-25 was 0.04%.Due to the repeal of the Trade Un...
heading: Trade Unions: Facilities Agreements