§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the cost to public funds of the Poultry Research Centre's study on the causes and prevention of eggshell breakage; how many staff, full and part-time, were engaged in it; and what salaries, fees, other remunerations and expenses were paid to them.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsI have been asked to reply.
The total cost of this programme since 1972 is £38,000. Of this about £13,000 is attributable to the remuneration of up to six staff who have been employed on the work, part-time.
§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total number of people employed at the Poultry Research Centre in each year since its inception.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsI have been asked to reply.
The centre was founded in 1947 by the Agricultural Research Council. Records of the number of scientific and experimental staff employed are available from 1949. The information available about the total number of staff is as follows:
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Year Total 1963 70 1964 79 1965 92 1966 95 1967 118 1968 135 1969 153 1970 169 1971 217 1972 224 1974 222 1973 222 1975 216 1976 210
§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the cost to public funds of the Poultry Research Centre in each year since its inception.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsI have been asked to reply.
Figures are not available for the period 1947–56. Available information is set out below:
Financial Year Net Expenditure (£000) 1956–57 44.9 1957–58 66.7 1958–59 59.7 1959–60 63.6 1960–61 80.0 1961–62 84.8 1962–63 95.3 1963–64 118.8 1964–65 162.4 1965–66 170.3 1966–67 249.2 1967–68 436.7 1968–69 424.7 1969–70 741.1 1970–71 782.1 1971–72 674.6 1972–73 693.9 1973–74 740.6 1974–75 869.7 1975–76 1,019.5 1976–77 (provisional) 1,107.3 8,678.4