§ Miss Harvie Andersonasked the Minister of Public Building and Works what is the current level of professional and technical staff employed at the Building Research Station; what were the equivalent figures for the last five years; and how many of them are engaged in full-time studies of component co-ordination.
§ Mr. Mellish:At 1st December each year professional and technical staff, including those serving part-time, were as follows:
1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 370 377 393 411 432 448 Though it is not the main focus of the component co-ordination programme, the Station currently employs 26 staff on this 529W work. This number is expected to increase to a maximum of 40 over the next two years.