§ Mr. NAYLORasked the Home Secretary what is the number of the staff employed by the Chief Registrar on the work of examining and checking the annual returns of trade unions; and what is the annual departmental cost, including salaries, of this work?
Mr. GUINNESSNo particular staff is employed on the annual returns of trade unions. The examination of these returns forms a small part of the work of the Returns and Statistics Branch of the Registry of Friendly Societies, and it is not possible to give the annual cost.