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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) ...