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Sir Raymond Powell
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will estimate how many small companies employing (a) fewer than 25, (b) 50 to 100, (c) 100 to 150 and (d) over 150 employees recognize trades unions. [36840]
Mr. Ian McCartney
Data on union recognition are collected for workplaces rather than companies. According to the 1990 Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, the proportions of workplaces where unions were recognised are as follows:
| Percentage | ||
| Employees | All wokplaces | Private sector workplace |
| 25–49 | 47 | 30 |
| 50–99 | 51 | 40 |
| 100–149 | 78 | 68 |
| All workplaces employing 25 and over | 53 | 38 |