§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Employment which trade unions have applied to the certification officer for reimbursement of the cos) of ballots, under the provisions of section 1 of the Employment Act 1980; what is the size of payments made to each of the trade unions; what is the purpose of the ballots for which payments were sought; and on which dates these payments were made.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe certification officer has provided the following information for the period from the introduction of the scheme on 1 October 1980 up to 13 June this year.
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Applicant Purpose of Ballot(s) (see key below) Amount of Payment (£) Date Payment Authorised Clearing Bank Union (1) A Nil (2) F 41.16 3–7–84 Association of Public Service Finance Officers (1) B 524.35 23–9–81 (2) B 596.43 22–9–82 (3) B 619.35 16–11–83 (4) B 621.28 17–10–84 Coventry Economic Building Society Staff Association (1) G Nil Association of Management and Professional Staffs (1) B 2,323.07 17–11–81 (2) B 1,856.22 25–8–82 Society of Radiographers (1) B 2,654.28 16–12–81 (2) B 2,346.42 17–5–83 (3) B 3,411.49 15–11–84 Association of Education Officers (1) B (2ballots) Nil B (2) C 206.68 25–5–83 (3) B (2ballots) C Nil British Actors Equity Association (1) D (2ballots) Application withdrawn Association of Public Service Professional Engineers (1) B 386.60 13–4–82 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (1) B 1,297.97 26–4–82 (2) B 1,443.54 23–11–83 Institute of Journalists (1) C 587.53 22–9–82 (2) C 460.36 4–10–83 (3) C 518.16 19–10–83 (4) C 699.63 21–8–84 (5) C Application under consideration Barclays Group Staff Union (1) A 10,941.13 3–11–82 (2) F 11,427.24 19–7–84 (3) A Application under consideration Retail Book Stationery and Allied Trades Employees Association (1) F (2 ballots) Nil (2) F (5 ballots) 1,392.89 2–8–84 (3) F Application under consideration (4) F Application under consideration British Orthoptic Society (1) C 147.11 17–5–83 National Association of Fire Officers (1) A 176.84 29–7–83 Immigration Service Union (1) B 221–78 4–10–83 B (2) C 511.98 22–2–85 National and Provincial Building Society Staff Association (1) E Application under consideration Nat West Staff Association (1) F 7,733.93 9–8–84 Ministry of Defence Staff Association (1) B Application under consideration (2) A, B Application under consideration (3) D Application under consideration Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers— (1) C (154 ballots) 1,199,922.19 31–5–85 Engineering, Foundry and Construction Section C (13 ballots) (2) E Application under consideration (3) C (14 ballots) Application under consideration Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing (1) C (15 ballots) Application under consideration Union Clerical and Secretarial Staffs Association of the University (1) E Application under consideration of Liverpool United Friendly Divisional and District Managers (1) F Application under consideration Association
Applicant Purpose of Ballot(s) (see key below) Amount of Payment (£) Date Payment Authorised Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (National (1) A Application under consideration Association of the Teachers of Wales) Ballot purposes
- A Ballots on strikes or other industrial action.
- B Election of members of trade unions' principal executive committees.
- C Election of trade union officers.
- D Amending trade union rules.
- E Trade union merger proposals.
- F Ballot on employers' offers on pay and conditions of service.
- G Ballots for a purpose outside the scope of the Scheme.