Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered on 8 March 2010.
Greg Hands
Shadow Minister (Treasury)
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been paid to each trade union from the Union Modernisation Fund in each year since the fund was started.
Pat McFadden
Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills), Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee
The information on how much has been paid to each trade union from the Union Modernisation Fund in each financial year since the fund started is as follows:
| Grant paid to each trade union by financial year | |
| Union | Grant paid (£) |
| Year ended 31 March 2007 | |
| GMB | 23,340.53 |
| Wales Trade Union Congress | 12,252.64 |
| National Union of Teachers | 7,377.84 |
| Royal College of Midwives | 43,329.35 |
| Union of Finance Staff | 7,083.30 |
| United Road Transport Union | 24,330.00 |
| Community and District Nursing Association | 8,125.65 |
| British Dental Association | 6,047.75 |
| Connect | 28,647.63 |
| USDAW | 104,011.73 |
| National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers | 32,489.00 |
| National Union of Journalists | 11,475.34 |
| ASLEF | 13,232.25 |
| General Federation of Trade Unions | 23,284.48 |
| Portman Group Staff Association | 6,070.70 |
| Year ended 31 March 2008 | |
| GMB | 106,532.92 |
| Communication Workers Union | 28,008.85 |
| Wales Trade Union Congress | 29,708.34 |
| National Union of Teachers | 20,285.64 |
| USDAW | 5,783.00 |
| Royal College of Midwives | 88,135.28 |
| Union of Finance Staff | 41,776.70 |
| Unity | 15,192.76 |
| United Road Transport Union | 50,670.00 |
| Equity | 22,737.50 |
| Transport and General Workers Union | 47,535.05 |
| Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union | 17,241.06 |
| Community and District Nursing Association | 6,418.37 |
| Community | 63,453.00 |
| British Dental Association | 15,329.00 |
| Transport Salaried Staffs' Association | 46,618.70 |
| Connect | 28,988.12 |
| USDAW | 82,811.00 |
| Prospect | 78,621.69 |
| National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers | 161,245.00 |
| National Union of Journalists | 43,145.52 |
| Trades Union Congress | 62,695.00 |
| Community and Youth Workers Union | 16,915.96 |
| Unite (Amicus) | 128,105.62 |
| ASLEF | 58,245.47 |
| General Federation of Trade Unions | 74,623.90 |
| Portman Group Staff Association | 9,533.80 |
| Musicians' Union | 17,788.00 |
| Chartered Society of Physiotherapy | 2,845.00 |
| Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians | 5,983.00 |
| Equity | 7,691.30 |
| Year ended 31 March 2009 | |
| General Federation of Trade Unions | 15,122.48 |
| Trades Union Congress | 39,863.19 |
| General Federation of Trade Unions | 40,333.07 |
| Musicians' Union | 14,426.00 |
| Association of Teachers and Lecturers | 326.02 |
| Unison | 54,942.22 |
| Association of Professionals in Education and Children's Trusts | 5,100.00 |
| Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians | 7,957.50 |
| Chartered Society of Physiotherapy | 14,371.00 |
| Accord | 106,164.00 |
| Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union | 40,957.97 |
| First Division Association | 27,437.00 |
| Trades Union Congress | 23,049.00 |
| Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians | 7,957.50 |
| General Federation of Trade Unions | 37,344.17 |
| Nautilus UK | 27,007.06 |
| Equity | 35,654.58 |
| Unite (Amicus) | 29,309.18 |
| Retained Fire-fighters Union | 51,930.68 |
| Nationwide Group Staff Union | 5,875.00 |
| GMB | 63,667.08 |
| Communication Workers Union | 116,159.35 |
| Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union | 33,405.42 |
| Wales Trade Union Congress | 83,681.18 |
| Lloyds TSB Group Union | 22,322.60 |
| National Union of Teachers | 35,267.02 |
| British Dental Association | 780.25 |
| Prospect | 26,197.78 |
| Association of Professionals in Education and Children's Trusts | 5,100.00 |
| Prospect | 20,591.49 |
| Unison | 87,515.50 |
| Association of Professionals in Education and Children's Trusts | 4,085.00 |
| Association of Teachers and Lecturers | 17,606.14 |
| Community | 23,151.00 |
| Communication Workers Union | 14,088.92 |
| Communication Workers Union | 20,359.04 |
| National Union of Teachers | 41,733.63 |
| PCS | 31,268.82 |
| Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians | 9,720.00 |
| USDAW | 71,532.90 |
| Current financial year to date | |
| Association of Teachers and Lecturers | 28,858.76 |
| Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union | 35,964.40 |
| Communication Workers Union | 21,931.14 |
| First Division Association | 81,509.00 |
| General Federation of Trade Unions | 23,707.63 |
| National Union of Teachers | 24,254.82 |
| Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians | 11,496.28 |
| USDAW | 26,938.50 |
| Nautilus UK | 6,834.31 |
| Accord | 30,587.50 |
| Equity | 14,103.55 |
| General Federation of Trade Unions | 53,978.98 |
| GMB | 63,937.54 |
| Musicians Union | 15,284.00 |
| Unite (T&G) | 88,302.00 |
| Trade Union Congress | 67,109.83 |
| Unison | 16,835.78 |
| Unison | 106,997.01 |
| Unite (Amicus) | 89,217.79 |
| Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union | 128,096.20 |
| Chartered Society of Physiotherapy | 11,230.00 |
| National Union of Schoolmasters, Union of Women Teachers | 28,385.00 |
| Trades Union Congress | 52,683.23 |
| Unison | 79,543.50 |
| Note: Where some unions have more than one project, these have been itemised individually above. | |
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