§ Mr. Alisonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the estimated total cost in the current year of the Rutherford High Energy Laboratory, giving the number 381W of qualified scientists and engineers at present employed there and listing the five most expensive projects on which the Laboratory is at present working, showing the cost of each in the current year.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsThe estimated net expenditure in 1968–69 by the Rutherford High Energy Laboratory is £7,387,000. There are 302 qualified scientists and engineers on the staff. In addition about 200 university research workers use the laboratory's facilities. The five most expensive projects, with their estimated cost in 1968–69, are
£ thousands 1. NIMROD accelerator operation 2,282 2. High energy physics counter experiments. 1,461 3. High energy physics bubble chamber experiments. 830 4. Computer operation 432 5. Nuclear structure experiments 255