§ Mr. David Howellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will give the total cost to public funds in the current year of the Nature Conservancy and the number of qualified scientists and engineers and other staff employed there; and if he will list the five most expensive projects on which the Conservancy is working, showing the cost of each;
(2) if he will give the total cost to public funds in the current year of the Research Vessel Unit, including R.R.S. "John Murray", and the number of qualified scientists and engineers and other staff employed there; and if he will list the five most expensive projects on which the unit is working, showing the cost of each;
(3) if he will give the total cost to public funds in the current year of the Institute of Geological Science and the number of qualified scientists and engineers and other staff employed there; and if he will list the five most expensive projects on which the Institute is working, showing the cost of each;
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§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsThe estimated expenditure in 1968–69 by the Atlas Computer Laboratory is £486,000. The laboratory has 106 staff of whom 26 are qualified scientists and engineers.