Pay and reward
Chief Officer pay
Trade union facility time reports
In line with government regulations – The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 – Kent Police has followed the reporting principles set out in the UK Government’s methodology, which came into force in April 2017, to collate and publish data on the amount and cost of facility time within Kent Police. The data represents the financial year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
The Unison Branch for Kent Police report the number of stewards in the past 12 months have remained static (24 employees) although, the full-time equivalent employee figure has slightly decreased from 21.54 FTE to 20.79 FTE. This is reflected in table 1 – Relevant Union Officials.
Kent Police reports that it spends 0.04% of its total pay bill on Trade Union Facility time which has decreased since last year’s data (0.05%).
Kent Police reports that its Union officials spend 3.45% of time on paid trade union duties and activities as a percentage of total paid facility time, compared to 3.65% last year. Of the total facility time, 99.96% is spent on paid Trade Union duties which has increased from 97.70% in 2023/24.