§ Mr. IngramTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will give details of the compensation payments given to members of staff at the National Engineering laboratory and Warren Springs laboratory who have been made redundant in the last year.
§ Mr. HeseltineThere have been no redundancies at either the National Engineering laboratory or Warren Spring laboratory.
At both laboratories, staff numbers have been reduced through voluntary early retirement, voluntary early severance and through placement in other posts in the Department.