§ Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the total cost to public funds in the current financial year, together with the total staff employed, showing separately the number of qualified scientists and engineers, of the National Institute for Medical Research and the Clinical Research Centre, respectively.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsThe figures are as follows:
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 1968–69 £ million Re-current Building Total National Institute for Medical Research 1.650 0.405 2.055 Clinical Research Centre* 0.400 1.029 1.429
STAFF NUMBERS AS AT 1ST JANUARY, 1969 Total Staff Qualified scientists and engineers full-time part-time full-time part-time National Institute for Medical Research 711 75 156 — Clinical Research Centre* 152 19 50 3 * The Centre is still under construction; but teams of scientific and supporting staff are being built up, and some of these have already started their research programmes while temporarily housed elsewhere.