HC Deb 29 June 1988 vol 136 cc242-3W
Mr. Cartwright

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much grant aid was given in the financial year 1987–88 to(a) the Trades Union Congress to cover trade union training and (b) non-Trades Union Congress affiliated unions to cover trade union training; and whether he will list those non-Trades Union Congress affiliated unions that have claimed grant aid in 1987–88.

Mr. Dunn

The position on grant aid for trades union education and training which took place in the financial year 1987–88 is as follows:

£
a. Unions Affiliated to the Trades Union Congress
i. grant paid 457,653.42
ii. claims under consideration 1,257,790.57
iii. balance of grant available and yet to be claimed £33,55601
Total £1,749,000.00
b. Unions not affiliated to the TUC
i. grant paid 38,439.71
ii. claims under consideration 61,016.82
Total 99,456.53

The following unions not affiliated to the TUC have claimed grant for education and training courses held during 1987–88:

  • Society of Radiographers
  • Association of National Health Service Officers
  • Sun Life Staff Association
  • Nationwide Building Society Staff Association
  • Halifax Building Society Staff Association
  • British Dental Association
  • Natwest Staff Association
  • Corporation of London Staff Association
  • Professional Association of Teachers
  • Association of Clinical Biochemists
  • Staffordshire Building Society Staff Association
  • Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
  • Anglia Building Society Staff Association
  • Royal College of Midwives
  • National Association of Head Teachers
  • Royal College of Nursing
  • National and Provincial Building Society Staff Association
  • Union of Democratic Mineworkers
  • British Medical Association