Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on trade union facility time since 1 March 2013.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has not issued guidance to local authorities on trade union facility time since 1 March 2013. However, the Local Government Transparency Code 2015 sets out publication requirements on trade union facility time for local authorities. The Cabinet Office published guidance for public bodies on reporting trade union facility time data on 21 May 2019. This guidance was most recently updated on 22 May 2024. The Ministry has also previously written to the sector periodically to remind authorities of their obligations regarding publishing trade union facility time.