Political Levy
(asked on 9th June 2015) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2009, Official Report, column 1698W, how many and what proportion of members of each trade union in Great Britain with a political fund have opted out of the political levy, according to the most recent records held by the Certification Officer.
The figures requested are in the following table:
Union name | Total number of union members contributing to General Fund | Number of members contributing to the political Fund | Numbers of members who have completed an exemption notice and therefore do not contribute to the political fund | Numbers of members who have completed an exemption notice as a percentage of total number of union members contributing to the General Fund |
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen | 19,226 | 16,530 | 579 | 3.0 |
Association of Revenue and Customs | 2,456 | 2,113 | 343 | 14.0 |
Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union | 21,438 | 20,441 | 0 | 0.0 |
Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union | 23,779 | 23,135 | 148 | 0.6 |
Communication Workers Union | 201,875 | 167,585 | 23,910 | 11.8 |
Community | 31,523 | 25,131 | 5,987 | 19.0 |
Educational Institute of Scotland | 55,165 | 46,354 | 4,216 | 7.6 |
Energy and General Workers Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Fire Brigades Union | 41,270 | 33,343 | 6,867 | 16.6 |
GMB | 613,384 | 588,660 | 24,724 | 4.0 |
Musicians Union | 30,446 | 27,206 | 3,002 | 9.9 |
National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers | 466 | 350 | 0 | 0.0 |
National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Woman Teachers | 336,736 | 257,375 | 1 | 0.0 |
National Union of Mineworkers | 2,810 | 2,043 | 160 | 5.7 |
National Union of Rail Maritime and Transport Workers | 77,549 | 70,119 | 281 | 0.4 |
National Union of Teachers | 388,052 | 324,635 | 2,295 | 0.6 |
POA | 32,763 | 32,295 | 4 | 0.0 |
Prospect | 118,617 | 91,019 | 4,370 | 3.7 |
Public and Commercial Services Union | 262,819 | 244,699 | 652 | 0.2 |
Transport Salaried Staffs Association | 22,762 | 20,177 | 1,198 | 5.3 |
Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians | 84,377 | 63,977 | 12,821 | 15.2 |
Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers | 425,652 | 406,099 | 19,553 | 4.6 |
UNISON: The Public Service Union | 1,301,500 | 1,213,166 (b) | 9,593 | 0.7 |
Unite the Union | 1,424,303 | 1,015,429 | 53,776 | 3.8 |
Unity | 4,184 | 3,889 | 228 | 5.4 |
University and College Union | 115,818 | 95,441 | 17,422 | 15.0 |
Total for the 26 unions with political funds which reported in this period | 5,638,970 | 4,791,211 | 192,130 | 3.4 |
Total for the 28 unions with political funds which reported in the previous period | 5,746,153 | 4,414,929 | 307,689 | 5.4 |
Notes:
(a) The information in the table is derived from annual returns received during 2013-14, the majority which relate to the year ending December 2012.
(b) The increase in the number of UNISON members contributing to the political fund over the number recorded in preceding years is attributable to the amended way of reporting members of the UNISON general political fund.