§ Mr. J. E. B. Hillasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the research establishments, laboratories and other research units under the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland, stating the location, date of foundation, 219W number of qualified engineers and scientists and other staff, respectively, employed in each on 1st January 1960, 1965 and 1969, the cost of each establishment to
RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES FOR SCOTLAND Date of Foundation Scientific Officer Class Staff (including Engineers) (Numbers) Other Staff (Numbers) Total Cost to Public Funds (£ Thousands) 1.1.60 1.1.65 1.1.69 1.1.60 1.1.65 1.1.69 1959–60 1964–65 1968–69 (estimate) Departmental Establishments Scientific Services, East Craigs, Edinburgh 1925 14 15 17 69 109 96 79 143 237 Marine Fisheries Laboratory Aberdeen 1899 23 25 36 91 187 222 222 368 881 Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory, Pitlochry 1948 6 7 7 19 27 32 33 55 109 Grant-Aided Establishments Animal Diseases Research Association, Moredun, Edinburgh 1920 21 23 29 62 87 106 116 192 264 Hannah Dairy Research Institute, Auchincruive, Ayrshire 1928 25 26 28 75 80 77 98 187 219 Hill Farming Research Organisation, Edinburgh 1954 13 17 19 47 72 76 62 127 168 Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen 1930 48 58 57 104 143 157 297 328 444 National Inst. of Agric. Engineering (Scottish Station). Bush Estate, Penicuik 1949 6 8 9 32 45 58 48 87 144 Rowett Research Institute, Bucks-burn, Aberdeen 1914 53 54 56 170 190 211 234 432 666 Scottish Horticultural Research Inst., Mylnefield, Invergowrie, Dundee 1953 18 27 24 70 99 108 106 174 324 Scottish Society for Research in Plant Breeding, Pentlandfield, Roslin 1920 12 11 19 40 48 60 52 87 143