§ Ms. QuinTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if his Department has any proposals to increase the numbers of national measurement accreditation service centres between now and the planned establishment of the large European market at the end of 1992.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggGrowth in the number of laboratories accredited by NAMAS, the national measurement accreditation service, is continuing. However, NAMAS is a voluntary accrediation service and growth between now and the end of 1992 will be determined by the rate at which laboratories apply for accreditation.
§ Ms. QuinTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will supply the numbers, by standard planning region, of national measurement accreditation centres.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe regional distribution of accreditations granted to laboratories by NAMAS is as follows:
Number East 125 South-East 303 South-West 66 East Midlands 60 West Midlands 123 North-East 56 North-West 81 Yorkshire and Humberside 77 Wales 32 Scotland 66 Northern Ireland 19