Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information the Certification Officer holds on the number of members of the Northumberland branch of the National Union of Mineworkers in each year from 2003-04 to present.

The two links below provide information that the Certification Officer holds on the number of members of the Northumberland branch of the National Union of Mineworkers in each year from 2003 to 2014.

Annual Returns 2003-12

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140701201750/http://www.certoffice.org/Nav/Trade-Unions/National-Union-of-Mineworkers-(Northumberland-Area.aspx

Annual Returns 2012-2014

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-union-of-mineworkers-northumberland-area-annual-returns