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FOI Request 2101 - Union Payments |
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Written by FOI Lead
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| Case Number |
2101 |
| Request Date |
25/05/2010 |
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Details of the Request
Total amount of money paid to Trade Unions by the Trust and the amount of staff time spent on union activities
The total amount of money paid to all trade unions for financial periods 2008-09 and 2009-10.
Where possible this should be broken down by the individual payments to each trade union by name, however if this disaggregated information is not available please continue to provide a total figure for union payments.
The amount of paid staff time, in terms of full-time equivalent staff numbers (FTE), spent working on behalf of a trade union this is sometimes called ‘Trade Union facility time’ in the financial periods 2008-09 and 2009-10.
Where possible this should be broken down by each trade union by name, however if this disaggregated information is not available please continue to provide a total figure for staff time.
Additional question:
Could you confirm that information for question 2 is not recorded because staff do not represent unions during paid time or they do and this is not recorded? If it is the latter please can you state the name of the union/unions they represent? |
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| Completion Date |
22/06/2010 |
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Details of the Response
Thank you for your request to Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust regarding money paid to trade unions by the Trust.
The Trust’s Deputy Director of Finance has responded as follows:
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust does not pay money directly to Trade Unions. The only payments to unions would be for salary deductions by individual employees for their subscriptions.
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust acts purely as a collection agent in this regard.
The Trust does not collect or hold the amount of paid staff time spent working on behalf of a trade union.
We can confirm staff do represent unions during paid time but it is not recorded.
The List of unions is as follows:
- UNISON
- UNITE
- Royal Society of Radiographers
- British Dietetic Association
- Royal College of Nursing
- British Medical Association
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
- Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists
- British and Irish Orthoptic Society
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 May 2011 13:31 )
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