Statistics about Barnet

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Ward Profile data for Barnet

Our Ward Profile on Open Barnet has been updated with the latest Census 2021 data.

You can also read the 2021 Census data for Barnet on Open Barnet.

Employment, qualification and earnings data

The NOMIS website provides statistics on the labour market

You can find information relating to:

  • employment and unemployment
  • occupations
  • qualifications
  • earnings
  • working age benefits
  • VAT companies

Education and skills statistics in Barnet

The Department for Education provides local statistics on Education and Skills

Reported crimes

The London Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) provides detailed monthly and annual figures on reported crimes at borough, ward and neighbourhood (SOA) level

Health data

Detailed health data for London boroughs and wards can be found at the Public Health England website

Trade union facility time

Local authorities must publish information on trade union facility time.

These figures cover the period from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.

Trade Unions at Barnet Council

The Council recognises UNISON and GMB for its corporate staff. Corporate staff are people directly employed by the council. It does not include elected officials, volunteers.

Relevant union officials are union representatives who are formally seconded to trade union duties.

Total number of staff who are union representatives

The number of relevant union officials during 2021/22 was 5.

The full-time equivalent agreement is approximately 4.8. This is because one relevant union official was only working during school term time until 14 February 2022.

There are also a several workplace representatives who may undertake ad hoc union duties. This type of involvement typically involves a very short amount of time and has little to minimal material impact on service delivery and there is no feasible way to accurately record it.

Percentage of time spent on facility time

Percentage of contracted hours spent on trade union duties

  • 50 to 100 percent: 3 union officials
  • 100 percent: 2 union officials

The council allows relevant union representatives to support staff in partner organisations. This arrangement predates 2017 regulations. For this reason, there is limited to no separate accounting for it.

Costs of trade union facility time

Total cost of trade union facility time (including pension and employer’s National Insurance Contributions): £199,156.38

Total pay bill: £66,407,658.48

The ‘total pay bill’ figure includes basic pay but excludes additional payments to staff such as standby allowances or business travel expenses.

Percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time: 0.3%