HC Deb 10 November 1972 vol 845 c267W
Mr. Biffen

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the total membership of trade unions affiliated to the Trades Union Congress, expressed as a percentage of the numbers of employed persons and the numbers of employed and self-employed, respectively, for the past 10 years.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The affiliated membership of trade unions affiliated to the Trades Union Congress formed the following percentages of the total number of employed persons and of the total number of employed and self-employed:

Employed Employed and self-employed
1963 35.3 32.9
1964 35.1 32.7
1965 36.7 34.2
1966 36.8 34.4
1967 36.9 34.4
1968 36.9 34.3
1969 37.6 34.9
1970 40.1 37.2
1971 43.0 39.9
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