§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many staff in his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies receive paid leave to undertake union duties; how many days they are allocated; and what has been the cost to public funds in each of the last four years. [36203]
§ Mr. LeslieThe information is as follows
Cabinet Office: one full time local union representative.Cabinet Office agencies: two officers who spend part of their time undertaking union duties on an ad hoc basis, but do not have time formally allocated to them for this work.Cabinet Office non-departmental public bodies: 14 staff who receive a total 367 days paid leave for union rates.
Arthur Andersen Deloitte and Touche Ernst and Young KPMG PricewaterhouseCoopers 1997–98 2 1 1 1 9 1998–99 3 1 2 1 3 1999–2000 1 2 3 4 5 2000–01 1 1 6 2 4