HC Deb 04 August 1975 vol 897 cc97-101W
Mr. Trotter

asked the Secretary of State for Employment which of the trade unions required to file their annual returns by 1st June under Section 11 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 had not done so by 1st August; what proportion they formed of the unions required to file their returns; what reminders they have received; and what steps it is proposed to take to ensure their compliance with Section 11.

Mr. Booth

I understand from the Registrar of Friendly Societies that the annual returns of 132 trade unions, listed under Section 8 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 and required to send returns to the registrar before 1st June 1975, had not been received by 1st August 1975. These 132 unions represent 31.7 per cent. of listed unions. Each of these unions has been sent a reminder letter by the registrar drawing attention to its failure to furnish a return.

The registrar proposes to send a further letter to those unions which have not submitted a return, drawing attention, where appropriate, to the fact that refusal or wilful neglect to furnish a return is an offence under the Act.

Listed trade unions required to send annual returns to the Registrar before 1st June 1975 whose returns had not been received at the Registry of Friendly Societies by 1st August 1975.

Amalgamated Central Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers.

Amalgamated Springworkers Union and Allied Trades.

*Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers.

Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Engineering Section).

Association of Broadcasting Managerial and Professional Staff.

Association of Broadcasting and Allied Staffs.

Association of Community Nurses.

Association of Government Supervisors and Radio Officers.

Association of Local Government Engineers and Surveyors.

Association of London Transport Officers.

Association of Patternmakers and Allied Craftsmen.

Association of Planning Officers.

Association of Plastic Operatives and Engineers.

Association of Senior Managers of Cadbury-Schweppes Limited.

Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions.

Association of the Medical Research Council Scientific and Technical Staff.

Barclays Group Staff Association.

Bernard Wardle (Everflex) Limited Staff Association.

Birmingham and District Association of Club Stewards and Hotel Managers.

Bolton and District Powerloom Overlookers Trade Sick and Burial Association.

Britannic Field Staff Association.

British Air Line Pilots Association.

British Roll Turners' Trade Society.

Chorley and District Textile Warehousemen's Association.

Civil Service Union.

Eagle Star Staff Association.

Electricity Supply Union.

Entertainment Trades Alliance.

Federation of Ambulance Personnel.

Federation of Registered Trade Unions.

Football League Secretaries' and Managers' Association.

Guild of Public Health Inspectors.

Halifax and District Powerloom Managers and Overlookers Society.

Health Visitors' Association.

K. D. G. Industries Staff Association.

K. L. M. (UK) Staff Association.

Leeds and District Power Loom Overlookers' Society.

Leisure and General Holdings Staff Association.

Letter Cutters' Association (Monumental and Architectural).

Lloyds Staff Association.

London Firefighters' Federation.

Midland Bank Managers' Association.

Military and Orchestral Musical Instrument Makers' Trade Society.

Musicians' Union.

National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers.

National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers Durham Area.

National Association of Liverpool Victoria Managers.

National Association of Theatrical Television and Kine Employees.

National League of the Blind and Disabled.

National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers.

National Union of Blast Furnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades.

National Union of Flint Glass Workers.

National Union of Industrial and Administrative Employees.

National Union of Insurance Workers.

National Union of Insurance Workers (Pearl Federation).

National Union of Insurance Workers Royal Liver and Composite Section.

National Union of Insurance Workers Royal London Section.

National Union of Lock and Metal Workers.

National Union of Mineworkers.

National Union of Mineworkers (Colliery Officials and Staffs' Area) Region No. 2.

National Union of Mineworkers (Colliery Officials and Staffs' Area) Region No. 3.

National Union of Mineworkers (Cumberland Area).

National Union of Mineworkers (North Wales Area).

National Union of Mineworkers North Wales Branch of the Lancashire Cheshire and North Wales Enginemen's Federation Group No. 2 Area.

National Union of Mineworkers (Yorkshire Area).

National Union of Musical Instrument Makers.

National Union of Railwaymen.

National Union of Sheet Metal Workers Coppersmiths and Heating and Domestic Engineers.

National Union of Winding Enginemen.

National Westminster Bank Technical and Services Staff Association.

Nelson and District Powerloom Overlookers' Society.

Norwich Union Group Staff Association.

Nottingham and District Federation of Club Stewards.

Pearl Union Federation.

Plessey Sheet Metal Supervisory Staff Association.

Post Office Engineering Union.

Post Office Management Staffs Association.

Radio and Electronic Officers' Union.

The Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association.

Royal Liver District Managers' Association in co-operation with the Association of Irish District Managers.

Scottish Legal Managers and Inspectors Association.

Seaboard World Airlines Sales and Management Staff Association.

Society of Lithographic Artists, designers. Engravers and Process Workers.

Society of Registration Officers (Births, Deaths, and Marriages).

Somerdale Senior Management Association

Spring Trapmakers' Society.

Telecommunications Staff Association.

The Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers.

The Amalgamated Society of Woolcomb Hackle and Gill Makers.

The Amalgamated Union of Block Printers of Great Britain and Ireland.

The Associaion of First Division Civil Servants.

The Association of National Health Officers

The Association of Somerset Inseminators.

The Automatic Tooling Employees' Association.

The Bank of Baroda Staff Association.

The Burnley and District Branch of the Amalgamated Association of Twisters and Drawers (Hand and Machine).

The Bury and District Card Blowing and Ring Spinners Association.

The Commercial Union Group Association

The Engineering Inspectors' Association.

The Engineer Surveyors' Association.

The Executives and Managers Association of Great Britain and Ireland.

The Fire Brigades Union.

The Football Pools Collectors Union.

The General Dental Practitioners Association.

Guild of Textile Supervisors.

The London Society of Music Engravers

The Thames Water Staff Association.

The National Federation of Traffic Wardens

The Professional Flight Instructors Association.

Union of Women Teachers.

United Friendly Agents Association.

National Owner Drivers Association (UK)

The Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry.

The Institute of Journalists.

United Friendly Head Office Staff Association.

NALGO Staff Association.

Phoenix Staff Union.

Baltour Beatty Group Staff Association

SCOTTISH

Agrochemical Workers' Union.

Coopers Federation of Great Britain.

Forfar Factory Workers' Union.

Glasgow and West of Scotland Power Loom Tenters' Society.

Honours Graduate Teachers Association.

Kirriemuir Factory Workers' Union.

Registered Society of Gravure Retouchers.

Scottish Approved Schools Staff Association.

Scottish Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry.

Scottish Professional Footballers' Association.

Scottish Typographical Association.

Scottish Union of Power Loom Overlookers.

The Association of Scottish Universities Secretarial and Clerical Staff.

The Royal Bank of Scotland Staff Association.

* Excluding the Constructional, Foundry and Technical/Supervisory Sections, which have sent their returns.