§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the level of subscriptions paid to the NUT for each year since 1985.
§ Mr. OppenheimI understand from the certification officer, an independent statutory officer, that the level of full member subscription to the National Union of Teachers is not specified in the latest NUT rule book submitted to him with the union's annual return for the year ended 31 December 1993.
§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many of the NUT's members currently employed as a teacher are practising the profession;
(2) If it is possible for members of the NUT to pay lumps sums to cover a number of years' membership.
§ Mr. OppenheimI understand from the certification officer, an independent statutory officer, that this information is not available from records held by hint. Nor is any such information held by the Department.
§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his reply of 27 June,Official Report, columns 450–51, to the hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth, how many members of the National Union of Teachers actually paid subscriptions for each year since 1985.
§ Mr. OppenheimI understand from the certification officer, an independent statutory officer, that the number of contributing members shown on the annual returns for the National Union of Teachers submitted to him during the period in question is shown in the following table:
Number 1985 225,784 1986 201,444 1987 195,126 1988 189,043 1989 183,042 1990 181,557 1991 178,112 1992 176,022 1993 182,664