Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Facilities Agreements

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what was the total cost of facility time to the department in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were 100% facility time; and whether funding was provided for trade union activities in each of those years.


Answered by
Michael Shanks Portrait
Michael Shanks
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 7th September 2026

Year

Cost

Headcount

100% FT

Funding

2023/24

£49,977

22

0

No

2024/25

£71,714

20

0

Yes

2025/26

NR

NR

0

No

2025/26 not recorded as requirement to record was repealed.

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