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

The regulations only apply to employers that have at least one TU representative and which have more than 49 full time equivalent (FTE) employees during any seven months of a 12 month relevant period.

Although the Epworth Education Trust does not have the above qualification and has no trade union representatives within any of its schools, it does buy into the school's local authority's facility time agreement. The cost of this for the Trust in 2022-23 was £6281.

The relevant local authorities below publish information on the 

• Number of employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period
• How many employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period spent a) 0%, b) 1 – 50%, c) 51-99% or d) 100% of their working hours on facility time 
• Percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time
• Time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours

Bury Council -  Click here for facility time information

Wigan Council - Click here for facility time information

Tameside Council - Click here for facility time information

St Helens Council - Click here for facility time information 

Derbyshire Council - Click here for facility time information

Oldham Council - Click here for facility time information

Lancashire Council - Click here for facility time information