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Trade Unions

Asked by Nick TimothyConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 6 January 2025UIN 21073

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of employers in the (a) private and (b) public sector that have recognised a trade union in 2024.

Answered by Justin Madders

The Management and Wellbeing Practices Survey estimates the percentage of employers with recognised unions and employers with union members included within the table below:

Estimated employer size (number of workers) with recognised unions and workers in unions

% of employers with recognised unions

5 to 9

4%

10 to 19

5%

20 to 49

15%

50 to 99

20%

100 to 249

46%

250 to 499

62%

500 or more

73%

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