HC Deb 19 April 1994 vol 241 c433W
Mr. Dafis

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the total amount of spending in 1993 in Wales by the Natural Environment Research Council in pounds million at 1994–95 prices net of spending on the research vessels services in Barry and the British geological survey, Aberystwyth, together with the corresponding percentage spending by the Natural Environment Research Council in Wales as a proportion of spending the United Kingdom net of spending on the above two establishments.

Mr. David Davis

The estimated expenditure by the Natural Environment Research Council in Wales in 1993–94 was £3.4 million at 1994–95 prices, net of the research vessel services at Barry, and the British geological survey's district office at Aberystwyth. This amounts to approximately 2 per cent. of the NERC's total United Kingdom spend.