Treasury: Pay

(asked on 13th January 2020) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is compliant with the requirement in section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code that time off with pay for safety representatives will not be set against facility time allowed under existing arrangements.


Answered by
Simon Clarke Portrait
Simon Clarke
This question was answered on 16th January 2020

HM Treasury has a dedicated health & safety team, but does not have a safety representative, due to it being a small department. However, if trade unions were to participate in activity relating to the role of safety representative, the Department would comply with section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code.

The Government recognises there are significant benefits to both employers and employees when organisations and unions work together effectively to deliver high quality public services, but facility time within the public sector must be accountable and represent value for money.

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