Facility Time Report 2022-2023

This is a brief overview of the legal requirement for Cleveland Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) to publish information in regard to the cost of granting facility time to representatives of Staff Associations and Trade Unions that has been provided to them to effectively carry out their duties as a representative of the Staff Association or Trade Union.

As the OPCC has had 49 or fewer employees for at least seven months of the 12 months between 01.04.22– 31.03.23 there is no legal requirement to report on any costs incurred in regard to facility time granted.
The force has more than 50 employees have been employed for more than seven months in the period 01.04.2022 – 31.03.23 then we must publicly publish the costs of facility time, including National Insurance, Tax and pensions. There is no need to report on Federation and Superintendents Association costs.

The facility time costs for this period for all police staff, including police community support officers (PSCOs) are:

£53,495.23 (including all on-costs)

(2021/22 was £77,283.20, 2020/21 was £68,969.00, 2019/20 was £40,281.07 and 2018/19 was 40,102.32).

0.14% of the total wage bill for all police staff including PCSOs employed by the Chief Constable (2021/22 was 0.21%, 2020/ 21 was 0.20%, 2019/20 was 0.14%, 2018/19 was 0.25 % of the total wage bill for all police staff employed by the Chief Constable).