HC Deb 26 October 1994 vol 248 c674W
Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the level of subscriptions paid to the NUT for each year since 1985.

Mr. Oppenheim

I 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. Pawsey

To 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. Oppenheim

I 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. Pawsey

To 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. Oppenheim

I 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

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