Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the total cost of facility time to (1) Cabinet Office and (2) the Office of the Prime Minister in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were 100% facility time; and whether funding was provided for trade union activities in each of those years.

The Cabinet Office and the Office of the Prime Minister are managed as a single entity for staffing purposes; therefore, facility time costs and staffing figures are not separated. The total cost of facility time and the number of trade union representatives for the Cabinet Office (including the Prime Minister’s Office) for 2023-24 and 2024-25 can be found published online at the following website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/public-sector-trade-union-facility-time-data

Facility time for 2025-26 was not reported, as it is no longer a requirement following the repeal of the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 in February 2026. The Cabinet Office published facility time data for the last time in 2024-25. There were 0 employees with 100% facility time. Funding was not provided for trade union activities.