Trade Unions: Equality
Commons · Question 91039 · Tabled 13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Pursuant to the answer of 10 October, to Question 75034, on Trade Union: Equality, which civil service diversity networks in (a) his department and (b) NHS England are eligible for network time; an
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 24 Nov 2025
Within the Department, paid facility time is provided for accredited trade union representatives to carry out duties in line with legislation and the trade union partnership framework, but not for participation in staff networks.Chairs and committee membe...