HC Deb 06 February 1989 vol 146 cc550-1W
Mr. Wells

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the latest estimates for the numbers of elected representatives of Civil Service trade unions in each of the main Government Departments and of the cost of providing paid time off.

Mr. Brooke

The details for 1987–88 are shown in the following tables. Compared with the position as at 31 March 1987, the total amount of paid time off for union business shows a reduction of 75 man years (6.7 per cent.), with a consequential saving (in real terms) of £0.47 million. This reflects, for the sixth successive year, the tighter control and accountability measures introduced by the revised national facilities agreement in 1982.

Departments 5 per cent. and less 6 to 10 per cent. 11 to 20 per cent. 21 to 30 per cent. 31 to 40 per cent. 41 to 50 per cent. 51 to 60 per cent. 61 to 70 per cent. 71 to 80 per cent. 81 to 90 per cent. 91 to 99 per cent. 100 per cent. Total Full tune equivalent
10. Inland Revenue 1,410 316 124 38 30 16 14 4 8 2 2 7 1,971 118
11. Lord Chancellor's Department 81 12 25 5 6 4 1 4 6 1 1 8 154 15
12. Department for National Savings 88 20 12 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 13 140 23
13. PSA-including Crown Suppliers 298 52 26 6 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 4 393 22
14. Scottish Office including Scottish Prisons, Scot. Rec. Office and Gen. Reg. (Scot.) 231 35 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 293 20
15. Other Government Departments 889 93 60 26 13 16 4 1 4 1 2 19 1,128 92
Total 9,550 1,825 931 285 137 112 63 50 65 53 46 165 13,282 1,044

Table 2
Costs of non-industrial union elected representatives
Department Total number expressed as whole time equivalent Cost in salaries wages and direct benefit ( £ million) Costs as percentage of wage bill Total number of non-industrial staff at 31 March 1988
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 19 0.27 0.186 9,751
Customs and Excise 72 1.01 0.281 26,564
Ministry of Defence 93 1.08 0.085 88,626
Department of Employment Group 93 1.26 0.186 62,575
Department of Environment/Transport (exc PSA) 41 0.56 0.198 20,118
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (inc Overseas Development Administration) 11 0.15 0.110 9,378
DHSS 301 3.31 0.310 101,185
Home Office (including Prison Department) 96 1.28 0.229 37,641
Department of Trade and Industry 28 0.43 0.230 12,525
Inland Revenue 118 1.58 0.185 66,592
Lord Chancellor's Department 15 0.25 0.250 10,281
Department for National Savings 23 0.23 0.325 7,306
PSA (including Crown Suppliers) 22 0.31 0.157 15,665
Scottish Office (including General Register Office Scotland, Scottish Record Office andScottish Prison Service 20 0.24 0.150 9,514
Other Government Departments 92 1.12 0.213 38,798
TOTAL 1,044 13.08 0.199 516,519

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