§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what are the(a) locations, (b) running costs, (c) salary costs and (d) number of staff of the International Technology Service; and what percentage of staff are based in (i) London and (ii) Scotland. [36234]
§ Mrs. Beckett[holding answer 27 March 1998]: The International Technology Service is managed by DTI Headquarters in Central London and will have estimated programme costs of £4M in the current financial year.
Total running costs for the current financial year are expected to be £405k of which salary costs will be £331.5k.
The Service is managed by ten full time equivalent DTI staff, all of whom are based in London.