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Mr. Stanley
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the organisations that have so far been granted a certificate of independence by the certification officer, stating the size of each organisation's membership and whether or not it is affiliated to the TUC.
Mr. Harold Walker
Following is the information as provided by the Certification Officer:
| General Union of Associations of Loom Overlookers | 3,197 |
| Greater London Council Staff Association | 19,767 |
| Huddersfield and District Healders' and Twisters' Trade and Friendly Society | 211 |
| Inland Revenue Staff Federation | 60,795 |
| Institution of Professional Civil Servants | 103,502 |
| Iron and Steel Trades Confederation | 118,142 |
| Liverpool Victoria Section of the National Union of Insurance Workers | 3,743 |
| Managers' and Overlookers' Society | 1,303 |
| Merchant Navy and Air Line Officers Association | 30,050 |
| Musicians Union | 35,984 |
| National and Local Government Officers' Association | 625,163 |
| National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers | 20,589 |
| National Association of Co-operative Officials | 5,499 |
| National Association of Licensed House Managers | 12,187 |
| National Association of Schoolmasters and the Union of Women Teachers | 59,400 |
| National Association of Theatrical Television and Kine Employees | 15,739 |
| National Graphical Association | 108,676 |
| National League of the Blind and Disabled | 5,008 |
| National Society of Metal Mechanics | 49,911 |
| National Society of Operative Printers Graphical and Media Personnel | 53,834 |
| National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers | 82,277 |
| National Union of Bank Employees | 101,922 |
| National Union of Blast Furnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades | 16,248 |
| National Union of Domestic Appliance and General Metal Workers | 5,342 |
| National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers | 54,737 |
| National Union of Funeral Service Operatives | 1,179 |
| National Union of General and Municipal Workers | 881,356 |
| National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades | 3,272 |
| National Union of Hosiery and Knitwear Workers | 70,292 |
| National Union of Insurance Workers | 25,740 |
| National Union of Insurance Workers, Prudential Section | 13,511 |
| National Union of Insurance Workers, Refuge Section | 3,420 |
| National Union of Insurance Workers, Royal Liver and Composite Section | 1,400 |
| National Union of Insurance Workers, Royal London Section | 2,076 |
| National Union of Journalists | 28,274 |
| National Union of Lock and Metal Workers | 6,648 |
| National Union of Mineworkers | 374,164 |
| National Union of Mineworkers (Colliery Officials' and Staffs' Area) | 17,950 |
| National Union of Mineworkers (Leicestershire Area) | 5,228 |
| National Union of Mineworkers (Northumberland Mechanics Group No. 1 Area) | 2,825 |
| National Union of Mineworkers (North Western Area) | 9,969 |
| National Union of Mineworkers (Nottingham Area) | 32,970 |
| National Union of Mineworkers (Power Group Area) | 5,386 |
| National Union of Mineworkers (South Derbyshire Area) | 4,774 |
| National Union of Mineworkers (Yorkshire Area) | 119,787 |
| National Union of Public Employees | 584,485 |
| National Union of Railwaymen | 180,931 |
| National Union of Scalemakers | 1,892 |
| National Union of Seamen | 45,200 |
| National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths and Heating and Domestic Engineers | 74,086 |
| National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers | 109,429 |
| National Union of Teachers | 284,893 |
| National Union of Textiles and Allied Workers (Rochdale Districts) | 2,500 |
| National Union of the Footwear, Leather and Allied Trades | 62,455 |
| National Union of Wallcoverings, Decorative and Allied Trades | 3,770 |
| National Woolsorters' Society | 779 |
| Northern Carpet Trades Union | 69 |
| Northern Colliery Officials and Staffs Association | 5,057 |
| Northern Textile and Allied Workers' Union | 2,610 |
| Oldham Provincial Union of Textile and Allied Workers | 3,933 |
| Pattern Weavers' Society | 144 |
| Post Office Engineering Union | 125,216 |
| Post Office Management Staffs Association | 19,381 |
| Power Loom Carpet Weavers' and Textile Workers' Association | 6,545 |
| Prison Officers' Association | 17,485 |
| Radio and Electronic Officers' Union | 3,548 |
| Rossendale Union of Boot, Shoe and Slipper Operatives | 5,635 |
| Scottish Carpet Workers Union | 5,283 |
| Scottish Union of Bakers and Allied Workers | 8,780 |
| Scottish Union of Power Loom Technicians | 300 |
| Screw, Nut, Bolt and Rivet Trade Union | 2,524 |
| Sheffield Sawmakers Protection Society | 235 |
| Society of Civil and Public Servants (Executive, Directing and Analogous Grades) | 102,772 |
| Society of Graphical and Allied Trades 1975 | 190,473 |
| Society of Lithographic, Artists, Designers, Engravers and Process Workers | 16,819 |
| Society of Post Office Executives | 22,589 |
| Society of Shuttlemakers | 135 |
| South-East Lancashire and Cheshire Weavers and Winders Association | 1,546 |
| Tobacco Mechanics Association | 360 |
| Tobacco Workers' Union | 21,074 |
| Transport and General Workers' Union | 1,856,165 |
| Transport Salaried Staffs' Association | 74,292 |
| Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians | 278,127 |
| Union of Post Office Workers | 185,000 |
| Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers | 377,302 |
| Union of Jute, Flax Kindred Textile Operatives | 1,700 |
| United Road Transport Union | 26,762 |
| Writers' Guild of Great Britain | 1,284 |
| Yorkshire Association of Power Loom Overlookers | 1,391 |
| CERTIFICATES OF INDEPENDENCE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 8 OF THE EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1975—TRADE UNIONS NOT AFFILIATED TO THE TUC | |
| AA Staff Association | 4,050 |
| Amalgamated Society of Woolcomb Hackle and Gill Makers | 122 |
| Association of Assistant Mistresses | 35,861 |
| Association of Foremen, British Aircraft Corporation Ltd. (Filton, Factory and Fairford) | 203 |
| Association of Cambridge University Assistants | 967 |
| Association of Clinical Biochemists | 1,492 |
| Association of First Division Civil Servants | 6,050 |
| Association of Community Home Schools | 432 |
| Association of Head Mistresses, Incorporated 1896 (membership figures not available). | |
| Association of Licensed Aircraft Engineers | 665 |
| Association of Local Government Engineers and Surveyors | 2,334 |
| Association of Local Authority Chief Executives | 475 |
| Association of Official Architects | 570 |
| Association of Passenger Transport Executives and Managers | 115 |
| Association of Polytechnic Teachers | 2,890 |
| Association of Professional Scientists and Technologists | 8,105 |
| Association of Public Service Finance Officers | 2,933 |
| British Aircraft & Corporation Ltd. (Guided Weapons Division) Senior Staff Association(Bristol) | 765 |
| British Association of Colliery Management | 16,845 |
| British Medical Association | 67,000 |
| Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers Association | 142 |
| Chartered Society of Physiotherapy | 17,036 |
| Clerical and Secretarial Staffs Association of the University of Liverpool | 545 |
| Executives and Managers Association of Great Britain and Ireland | 1,389 |
| Guild of Local Authority Valuers and Estate Surveyors | 86 |
| Group 1 Staff Association | 864 |
| Guild of Textile Supervisors | 328 |
| Guinness (Park Royal) Supervisory Association | 70 |
| Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association | 4,811 |
| Imperial Group Staff Association | 2,622 |
| Imperial Supervisory Association (Imperial Tobacco Ltd.) | 421 |
| Institute of Journalists | 2,396 |
| Junior Hospital Doctors Association (membership figures not available). | |
| Lancashire Box, Packing Case and General Woodworkers Friendly, Relief, Sick, Super-annuation and Burial Society | 682 |
| Leek and Westbourne Staff Association | 802 |
| Lloyds Bank Group Staff Association | 19,676 |
| London Society of Tie Cutters | 66 |
| Nalgo Staff Union | 516 |
| National Association of Fire Officers | 3,347 |
| National Association of Head Teachers | 19,152 |
| National Association of Probation Officers | 3,713 |
| National Association of Unions in the Textile Trade | 138,646 |
| National Federation of Club Stewards and Hotel Managers | 1,481 |
| National Owner Drivers Association (UK) | 2,501 |
| National Tile Faience and Mosaic Fixers' Society | 275 |
| National Union of Flint Glass Workers | 1,975 |
| National Westminster Staff Association | 28,124 |
| Nationwide Building Society Staff Association | 1,936 |
| Nelson and Colne District Association of Preparatory Workers | 217 |
| Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation | 9,511 |
| Professional Association of Teachers | 9,632 |
| Retail Book, Stationery and Allied Trades Employees' Association | 5,807 |
| Retired Officers Association | 1,434 |
| Scottish Carpet Workers Union | 5,283 |
| Scottish Further Education Association | 1,522 |
| Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association | 7,167 |
| Shipbuilding and Allied Industries Management Association | 1,399 |
| Society of Education Officers | 977 |
| Steel Industry Management Association | 11,915 |
| Telecommunications Staff Association | 1,593 |
| Telephone Contract Officers' Association | 1,062 |
| Thames Water Staff Association | 2,021 |
| United Friendly Agents Association | 3,451 |
| United Kingdom Association of Professional Engineers | 5,295 |
| Yorkshire Society of Textile Craftsmen | 1,014 |
| Foremen's Association of the British Aircraft Corporation Limited, Military Aircraft Division | 326 |