§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the latest estimates of the numbers of elected union representatives employed in each of the main Government Departments and of the cost of providing paid time off.
§ Mr. BrookeThe estimates as at 1 June 1986 are shown in the following tables. Compared with the position as at 1 June 1985, the total amount of paid time off for union business shows a reduction of 18 man years (1.5 per cent.) with a consequential saving (in real terms) of £0.13 million reflecting for the fourth year the tighter control and accountability measures introduced by the revised national facilities agreement in 1982.
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Department Total number expressed or whole time equivalent Cost in salaries wages and direct benefit £ million Cost as percentage of wage bill Total number of non-industrial staff 1 July 1986 Ministry of Defence 127 1.43 0.11 93,865 Department of Employment Group 105 1.25 0.21 56,528 Department of Environment/Transport 39 0.58 0.22 19,944 Foreign and Commonwealth Office (including Overseas Development Administration) 14 0.20 0.15 9,269 DHSS 342 3.31 0.33 93,845 Home Office (including Prison Department) 118 1.14 0.19 34,448 Department of Trade and Industry 37 0.50 0.28 12,208 Inland Revenue 129 1.54 0.20 69,417 Lord Chancellor's Department 24 0.32 0.28 10,157 Department for National Savings 19 0.24 0.36 7,672 PSA (including Crown Suppliers) 28 0.36 0.19 15,337 Scottish Office (including Central Register Office Scotland, Scottish Record Office and Scottish Prison Service) 21 0.28 0.20 9,451 Other Government Departments 87 1.10 0.23 34,394 Total 1,196 13.53 0.21 501,830