§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people currently employed in the United Kingdom are members of trades unions affiliated to the TUC; how many are members of unions not affiliated and how many are not members of any trades union.
§ Mr. BoothThe latest available information about the total membership of trade unions was published in the November 1975 issue of the Department of EmploymentGazette. It is estimated that at the end of 1974 there were 10,363,700 persons in the United Kingdom who were members of trade unions affiliated to the Trades Union Congress; 1,309,300 persons who were members of unions not affiliated to the Trades Union Congress; and 11,659,000 employees who were not members of any trade union. The statistics of union membership do not separately distinguish those members who are currently employed or unemployed.