Government Departments: Facilities Agreements
Commons · Question 121770 · Tabled 18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Mike Wood
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any changes are being made to the requirements of Whitehall departments and their agencies to publish trade union facility time information in their annual report and accounts, and the broader collection
Answer
Answered by Satvir Kaur, 25 Mar 2026
The current published HMT financial reporting manual (FReM) requires organisations in scope of FReM to report facility time data in their annual accounts. However, the FReM requirement is linked to the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) ...