§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish for(a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the United Kingdom, and for each year since 1964, the total amount of expenditure and the percentage of overall science research spending by (i) the Natural Environment Research Council, (ii) the Science and Engineering Research Council, (iii) the Medical Research Council, (iv) the Economic and Social Research Council, (v) the Agriculture and Food Research Council, (vi) the Royal Society and (vii) other public body, in constant prices.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThis information is not held in the form requested. The table gives a breakdown of total research council expenditure by region for the period 1983–84 to 1989–90 together with a breakdown by research council for 1991–92 and 1992–93. The two sets of data were compiled on slightly different bases.
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England Wales Scotland N Ireland UK Total NERC 107.7 14.7 13.9 0.5 136.8 Per cent. 78.7 10.7 10.2 0.4 100.0 SERC 389.7 10.5 43.9 3.3 447.4 Per cent. 87–1 2.3 9.8 0.7 100.0 Total 847.2 36.3 100.2 5.5 989.2 Per cent. 85.6 3.7 10.2 0.6 100.0 1991–92 AFRC 91.0 7.7 9.1 0.2 108.0 Per cent. 84.2 7–1 8.5 0.2 100.0 ESRC 32.1 0.9 4.0 0.4 37.4 Per cent. 85.7 2.4 10.7 1.2 100.0 MRC 186.0 2.0 27.8 0.4 216.2 Per cent. 86.0 0.9 12.8 0.2 100.0 NERC 102.8 20.4 11.5 0.3 135.0 Per cent. 76.1 15.1 8.5 0.2 100.0 SERC 341.4 8.0 37.9 2.6 389.9 Per cent. 87.6 2.1 9.7 0.7 100.0 Total 753.3 39–0 90.3 4.0 886.6 Per cent. 85.0 4.4 10.2 0.5 100.0 1989–90 Total 812.9 30.1 82.5 1.5 927.1 Per cent. 87.7 3.2 8.9 0.2 100.0 1988–89 Total 727.7 25.6 72.8 0.8 826.4 Per cent. 88.0 3.1 8.8 0.1 100.0 1987–88 Total 701.5 29.2 86.1 2.6 819.5 Per cent. 85.6 3.6 10–5 0.3 100.0 1986–87 Total 685.5 25.9 77.8 2.6 791.7 Per cent. 86.6 3.3 9.8 0.3 100.0 1985–86 Total 681.4 25.5 78–8 2.7 788.4 Per cent. 86.4 3.2 10.0 0.3 100.0 1984–85 Total 682.5 25.4 78.0 2.5 788.4 Per cent. 86.6 3.2 9.9 0.3 100.0 1983–84 Total 680.8 27.2 73.6 3.0 784.6 Per cent. 86.8 3.5 9.4 0.4 100.0 1990–91 No information is available. Differences in totals are accounted for by rounding.
§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish for(a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the United Kingdom, the total number and percentage of staff employed, and the total number of research establishments funded in whole or in part by (i) the NERC, (ii) the SERC, (iii) the AFRC, (iv) MRC, (v) the ESRC, (vi) the Royal Society or (vii) other public body, for each year since 1964.
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England 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 NERC Research establishments Staffing 14 14 14 14 13 14 14 15 14 14 15 Number 2,489 2,249 2,085 1,985 2,177 2,155 2,125 2,292 2,346 2,455 2,531 Per cent. 78 76 78 78 77 80 79 80 80 83 84 SERC Research establishments Staffing 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
§ Mr. David DavisThe information is not available in the form requested.
The tables give a regional analysis by research council for the years 1983 to 1993 and 1986 to 1993 for the Medical Research Council. The Royal Society does not fund any research establishments.
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1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Number 2,359 2,164 2,084 2,064 2,107 2,034 2,012 2,000 1,992 1,864 1,830 Per cent. 95 95 95 95 95 94 95 95 94 95 95 AFRC Research establishments 23 23 20 15 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 Staffing Number 5,374 5,259 4,739 4,555 3,728 3,665 3,517 3,517 2,772 2,872 2,839 Per cent. 89 89 89 89 79 80 79 80 78 82 82 MRC Research establishments n/a n/a n/a 43 43 41 41 41 41 40 39 Staffing Number — — — 2,309 2,274 2,405 2,322 2,422 2,432 2,429 2,226 Per cent — — — 85 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 ESRC Research establishments 4 3 — — — — — — — — — Staffing Estimated number 160 160 — — — — — — — — — Per cent. 100 100 — — — — — — — — — Note: Staff numbers and percentages relate only to staff employed at the research establishments.
Wales 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 NERC Research establishments 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Staffing Number 273 268 173 210 202 202 198 183 185 184 185 Per cent. 10 9 7 8 7 8 7 7 7 6 6 AFRC Research establishments 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Staffing Number 272 266 245 224 638 630 609 527 483 321 300 Per cent. 5 5 5 4 14 14 14 12 14 9 9 MRC Research establishments n/a n/a n/a 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Staffing Number — — — 34 24 25 21 23 25 32 15 Per cent. — — — 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Note:
Staff numbers and percentages relate only to staff employed at the research establishments.
Scotland 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 NERC Research establishments 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 Staffing Number 392 440 400 400 439 328 381 382 382 310 288 Per cent. l2 15 15 15 15 12 14 13 13 11 10 SERC Research establishments 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Staffing Number 114 108 106 105 117 122 111 112 119 106 102 Per cent. 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 AFRC Research establishments 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Staffing Number 388 364 343 337 327 292 330 339 308 321 314 Per cent. 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 8 8 9 9 MRC Research establishments n/a n/a n/a 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 Staffing Number — — — 363 404 422 412 439 444 446 389 Per cent. — — — 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Note:
Staff numbers and percentages relate only to staff employed at the research establishments.
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Northern Ireland 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 NERC Research establishments funded Staffing (all less than 1 per cent.) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Number 8 9 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 Note:
Staff numbers and percentages relate only to staff employed at the research establishments.
United Kingdom 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 NERC Research establishments Staffing 25 25 25 25 23 25 25 26 25 25 26 Number 3,156 2,966 2,646 2,608 2,826 2,693 2,711 2,805 2,921 2,957 3,012 SERC Research establishments Staffing 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Number 2,473 2,272 2,190 2,169 2,224 2,156 2,123 2,112 2,111 1,970 1,932 AFRC Research establishments Staffing 26 26 23 18 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 Number 6,034 5,889 5,327 5,116 4,693 4,587 4,456 4,383 3,563 3,514 3,453 MRC Research establishments Staffing n/a n/a n/a 53 51 49 49 49 50 48 47 Number — — — 2,706 2,702 2,852 2,755 2,884 2,901 2,907 2,630 ESRC Research establishments Staffing 4 3 — — — — — — — — — Estimated number 160 160 — — — — — — — — — Note:
Staff numbers and percentages relate only to staff employed at the research establishments.
§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list for(a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland, the names of all science research establishments which have been in operation at any time since 1964, together with the year of closure or removal if appropriate.
§ Mr. David DavisThe information is not available in the form requested.
The tables list establishments operated by the research councils since 1964–1986 for the Medical Research Council. Establishments are referred to by their most recent name.
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England Natural Environment Research Council Establishment Year closed British Geological Survey Keyworth Exhibition Road, London 1984–85 Princes Gate, London 1981–82 Gorst Road, London 1985–86 Bashley Road, London 1985–86 Leeds 1985–86 Clerkenwell Road, London 1987–88 Grays Inn Road, London 1988–89 Sussex 1985–86 Newcastle Hartland. Devon Exeter Wallingford 93W
Establishment Year closed Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Taunton 1986–87 Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory Wormley The James Rennell Centre Robert Hooke Institute, Oxford 1991–92 Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Plymouth Marine Laboratory West Hoe, Plymouth Citadel Hill, Plymouth Institute of Hydrology Institute of Terrestrial Ecology Merlewood, Cumbria Monks Wood, Huntingdon Furzebrook, Dorset Institute of Virology and Environmental Microbiology Fisheries Helminthology Unit 1971–72 Water Resource Systems Research Unit 1990–91 Centre for Population Biology Unit of Comparative Plant Biology Unit of Behavioural Ecology NERC/ESRC Land Use Programme NERC Unit for Thematic Information Systems Experimental Cartography Unit 1981–82 Institute of Freshwater Ecology Windermere East Stoke, Dorset Coastal Ecology Research Unit 1978–79 British Antarctic Survey Sea Mammal Research Unit
Medical Research Council (INFORMATION FROM 1986 ONLY) Year closed Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit Applied Psychology Unit Biochemical and Clinical Magnetic Resonance Unit Biochemical Parasitology Unit 1987 Biostatistics Unit Blood Group Unit Cell Biophysics Unit 1990 Cell Mutation Unit Cellular Immunology Unit Child Psychiatry Unit Clinical Oncology and Radiotherapy Unit Clinical Pharmacology Unit Clinical Research Centre Cognitive Development Unit Common Cold Unit 1990 Cyclotron Unit Dental Research Unit Development and Integration of Behaviour Unit 1991 Development Neurobiology Unit 1988 Dunn Nutrition Unit Environmental Epidemiology Unit Epidemiology and Medical Care Unit Experimental Embryology and Teratology Unit Human Biochemical Genetics Unit Human Movement and Balance Unit Immunochemistry Unit Institute of Hearing Research Institute of Molecular Medicine Laboratory of Molecular Biology Leukaemia Unit Mammalian Development Unit 1992 Mineral Metabolism Unit 1988 Molecular Genetics Unit 1991 Molecular Haematology Unit Molecular Immunopathology Unit Molecular Neurobiology Unit 1992 MRC/ESRC Unit of Social and Applied Psychology Muscle and Cell Motility Unit Neural Mechanisms of Behaviour Unit 1987 Neuro-otology Unit 1989 Neurochemical Pathology Unit Neurological Prostheses Unit 1992 National Institute of Medical Research Perceptual and Cognitive Performance Unit 1988 Protein Function and Design Unit Radiobiology Unit Social and Community Psychiatry Unit Social Psychiatry Unit 1989 Tuberculosis and Related Infections Unit Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases Unit 1986 Toxicology Unit Trauma Unit 1986 94W
Agricultural and Food Research Council Year closed Institute of Animal Health Compton Pirbright Houghton 1993 Babraham Institute Institute of Food Research Lanford Norwich Reading 1990 Letcombe Laboratory 1987 Wood Research Organisation 1987 Commonwealth Bureau 1987 Horticulture Research International East Mailing Littlehampton Wellesborough —
Year closed Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research Hurley 1992 Institute of Plant Science Research Norwich (John Inns Institute) Brighton — Institute of Arable Crops Research Long Ashton Rothamstead — Silsoe Research Institute — Plant Breeding Institute 1987 Wye College, Hops Research Department 1987 Reproductive Physiology Unit, Cambridge 1985 Experimental Agronomy Unit, Oxford 1973 Plant Physiology Unit, Imperial College 1973 Systematic Fungicides Unit, Wye 1976 Flower Crop Physiology Unit, Shinfield 1973 Soil Physics Unit, Cambridge 1979 Structural Chemistry Unit, London 1978 Muscle Mechanisms Unit, Oxford 1979 Invertebrate Chemistry Unit 1987 Developmental Botany Unit 1979
Economic and Social Research Council Year closed Survey Research Unit, LSE 1976 Race Relations Research Unit, Bristol 1976 Ethnic Relations Research Unit, Aston1 1983 Industrial Relations Research Unit, Warwick1 1984 Centre for Socio-legal Studies, Oxford1 1984 Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure 1984
Science and Engineering Research Council Year closed Royal Green Observatory Cambridge Herstmonceux 1988 Daresbury Laboratory Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Chilton Astrophyics Research, Culham 1973 Appleton Laboratory, Ditton 1981 Atlas Computer Laboratory 1975 1 Units marked 1 converted to designated research centres within host universities.
Wales Natural Environment Research Council Year closed British Geological Survey Aberystwyth — Institute of Terrestrial Ecology Bangor — Institute of Hydrology Plynlimon — NERC Research Vessels Service Barry — Unit of Marine lnverterate Biology Menai Bridge 1981–82 95W
Medical Research Council (information from 1986 only) Year closed Epidemiology Unit — Pneumoconiosis Unit —
Agricultural and Food Research Council Year closed Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Aberystwyth —
Scotland Natural Environment Research Council Year closed British Geological Survey Murchison House, Edinburgh — Grange Terrace, Edinburgh 1993–94 Newbattle Abbey, Edinburgh 1993–94 Peffermill, Edinburgh 1993–94 Gilmerton Road, Edinburgh 1993–94 Eskdalemuir, Dumfries — Loanhead, Edinburgh — Institue of Hydrology Balquidder — Stirling — Institute of Terrestrial Ecology Banchory — Bush — Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory — Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory — Institute for Marine Environmental Research 1977–78 Institute of Marine Biochemistry 1986–87 Unit of Aquatic Biochemistry —
Medical Research Council INFORMATION FROM 1986 ONLY Year closed Blood Pressure Unit — Brain Metabolism Unit — Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry Unit 1991 Human Genetics Unit — Mammalian Genome Unit 1986 Medical Sociology Unit — Protein Phosphorylation Unit — Reproductive Biology Unit — Virology Unit —
Agriculture and Food Research Council Year closed Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research, Edinburgh — Edinburgh Computing Centre 1986 Statistics Unit, Edinburgh 1986 Institute for Animal Health, Edinburgh — Roslin Institute —
Science and Engineering Research Council Year closed Royal Observatory, Edinburgh —
Northern Ireland Natural Environment Research Council Year closed British Geological Survey, Belfast —