Question follow-through · 20751
Trade Union Recognition
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information (a) his Department, (b) the Certification Officer and (c) the Central Arbitration Committee hold on (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful trade union recognition ballots in each of the
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 19 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 24 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information (a) his Department, (b) the Certification Officer and (c) the Central Arbitration Committee hold on (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful trade union recognition ballots in each of the
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Dec 2024
Answer published
Information from the Central Arbitration Committee in relation to the outcome of statutory trade union recognition ballots is provided below for each of the last 10 years: SuccessfulUnsuccessful201544201651201754201876201962202020202184202251202335202445
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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