§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the contracts for research and development that have been awarded to Southampton university by his Department for each of the last five years, together with the purpose and cost for each contract.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe Ministry of Defence has currently 805 research agreements and 76 contracts with a wide range of United Kingdom universities, polytechnics and other institutions of higher education.
It is not our policy to give details of these arrangements. It is for the universities themselves to confirm their involvement.