HC Deb 22 March 1989 vol 149 cc604-5W
113. Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the location of each natural environment research council establishment in England, showing whether there are any plans to close any of them or to curtail their work in any way.

Mr. Jackson

The table shows the location of each natural environment research council establishment in England indicating where one or more areas of scientific research is to be reduced in 1989. None of the establishments listed are to be closed. In some cases resources from lower priority areas of scientific research are to be redeployed to support new opportunities or expansion in areas of high priority.

Establishment Location Curtailment of work
Isotope Geology Center London 1No
Remote Sensing Applications Development Unit Farnborough, Hampshire No
Unit for Thematic Information Systems University of Reading No
1 Relocating to Keyworth 1989.

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