Human ResourcesFacility Time Publication

For the period: 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024

The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 came into force on 1 April 2017. The Regulations place a legislative requirement on relevant public sector employers, including the University, to collate and publish a range of data on the amount and cost of facility time within their organisation on an annual basis.

The following information represents the University's return for the period 1 April 2023 - 31 March 2024.

Relevant Union Officials

What was the total number of your employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period?

Relevant Union Officials
Number of employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant periodFull-time equivalent employee number 
12 12

Percentage of time spent on facility time

How many of your employees who were relevant union officials employed during the relevant period spent a) 0% b) 1% to 50% c) 51% to 99% d) 100% of their working hours on facility time?

Percentage of time spent on facility time
Percentage of timeNumber of employees
0% 0
1% to 50% 12
51% to 99% 0
100% 0

Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time

Provide the figures requested in the first column of the table below to determine the percentage of your total pay bill spent on paying employees who were relevant union officials for facility time during the relevant period.
Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time
 Figures
Provide the total cost of facility time

£45,772.65

Provide the total pay bill

£250,614,103

Provide the percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time, calculated as:

(total cost of facility ÷ total pay) x 100

0.02%

Paid trade union activities

As a percentage of total paid facility time hours, how many hours were spent by employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period on paid trade union activities?

Time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours calculated as:

(total hours spent on paid trade union activities by relevant union officials during the relevant period ÷ total paid facility time hours) x 100 

(553 hours spent on paid trade union activities by relevant union officials during the relevant period ÷ 2216.5 paid facility time hours) x 100

= 24.95%