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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 2022 – 31 March 2023. The Unison Branch for Kent Police report a reduction in the number of stewards in the past twelve months (from 28 to 23 employees) although, the full-time equivalent employee figure has slightly reduced from 21.95 to 21.06 FTE. This is reflected in table 1 – Relevant Union Officials.
Kent Police reports that it spends 0.05% of its total pay bill on Trade Union Facility time which is a slight increase from last year (0.04% to 0.05%).
Kent Police reports that its Union officials spend 3.71% of time on paid trade union duties and activities as a percentage of total paid facility time, compared to 4.43% last year. Of the total facility time, 70.09% is spent on paid Trade Union duties which has increased from 60% in 2021/22. In the past twelve months there has been a continued increase in Trade Union duties, as a result of organisational change.