§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Minister of Overseas Development if he will list the Government research establishments for which his Department is responsible, showing the location, date of foundation, numbers of qualified engineers and scientists, and other staff, respectively employed on 1st January 1960, 1965 and 1969 and the cost of each establishment to public funds in the years 1959–60, 1964–65 and the estimate for 1968–69.
§ Mr. OramFollowing is the information:
Tropical Products Institute, Gray's Inn Road, London, W.C.I.
(Industrial Technology Department at Culham, Nr. Abingdon, Berks.) The Institute has its roots in two bodies, namely the Scientific and Technical Department (Plant and Animal Products Division) of the Imperial Institute, formed in 1894 and the Colonial Products
1.1.60 1.1.65 1.1.69 Qualified Engineers … … … … … Nil 1 7 Scientists … … … … … 107 152 249 Other staff … … … … … 72 88 139 (Those listed as "Scientists" are all those engaged in scientific research.)
Actual Expenditure Estimate 1959–60 1964–65 1968–69 £ £ £ Anti-Locust Research Centre 62,483 183,522 251,000 Tropical Pesticides Research Headquarters and Information Unit Nil 19,804 35,000 Tropical Pesticides Research Unit 11,938 24,102 33,000 Tropical Products Institute 181,297 333,296 657,000 Tropical Stored Products Centre 8,096 36,219 (Included in T.P.I. figure)