HC Deb 27 June 1994 vol 245 c448W
Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of trade unionists in 1979, 1985, 1990 and 1993 as declared to the certification officer.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

I understand from the certification officer, an independent statutory officer, that the numbers collated from the annual returns to him for the following years were as follows:

Numbers
1979 13,212,354
1985 10,818,949
1990 9,810,019

The membership figures for 1993 will be collated from the annual returns submitted to the certification officer during 1994. These will be published in his annual report for 1994, which will be available in April—May 1995.