§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Chief Secretary to the Treasury how many members of the staff of research associations for which the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research are responsible were asked to seek other employment during the year ended 31st March, 1963; how many have been asked to do so since 31st March, 1963;and by which associations they were employed, in each case.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterResearch associations are autonomous bodies set up by industry, which are partly supported by grants from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Statistics relating to their internal administration are not available.