§ Mrs. Anne CampbellTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) what proportion of contract research posts paid for from research council funds were for three years or less in each year from 1990–1994:
(2) what proportion of contract researchers paid for by research councils left employment before completing their contracts in each year from 1990 to 1994;
(3) how many contract researchers were paid for by the research councils in each year from 1990 to 1994.
Mr. Robert G. HughesThe information is not held centrally. Primary responsibility for employing contract staff, howsoever funded, rests with the individual universities as employers. The Universities' Statistical 639W Record collects staff data on behalf of the universities funded by the former University Funding Council, but has no separate category for "contract researchers".