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Trade Unions

Volume 508: debated on Monday 22 March 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2010, Official Report, columns 383-84W, on trade unions, how many of the days staff of his Department and its agencies spent on trade union activity were spent in respect of each individual trade union recognised by his Department and its agencies in the last 12 months. (322746)

The number of days that were available to be spent on trade union activity by each of the trade unions in the Ministry in the last 12 months, for which information is available, are as follows:

MoJ (excluding NOMS)

Total FTE

Total days

DTUS

5

1,100

PCS GEC

26.4

5,808

FDA

1

220

Prospect

1

220

Total

33.4

7,348

The days quoted do not include PCS local representatives in MoJ (excluding NOMS). This figure is not known.

NOMS

Total FTE

Total days

PCS

34

7,480

Prospect

2

440

POA

106

23,320

Prison Governors' Association

3

660

Prison Service Joint Industrial Council

18

3,960

Total

163

35,860

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) whether any authorisations of trade unions under section 30 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 have been withdrawn; (322741)

(2) how much has been recovered by trade unions under section 30 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 in each year since 1999;

(3) which trade unions have been authorised under section 30 of the Access to Justice Act 1999.

No authorisations of trade unions under section 30 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 have been withdrawn.

The Ministry of Justice does not collect information on the amounts recovered by trade unions or any other approved membership organisation under section 30.

All trade unions in England and Wales listed by the Certification Officer are covered to provide enhanced legal services to members and their families under the Access to Justice Act 1999. The current list is available at the website at:

www.certoffice.org