§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the Government research establishments for which his Department is responsible showing the location, date of foundation, numbers of staff employed on 1st January 1960, 1965 and 1969, respectively, and the cost of each establishment to public funds in the years 1959–60, 1964–65, and the estimate for 1968–69.
§ Mr. MulleyThe Government establishments for which my right hon. Friend is responsible and which undertake some research and development are the Government Communications Headquarters and 199W the Communications-Electronic Security Department. They are located in Cheltenham and London and were founded in 1946.
The numbers of staff employed and their cost, as provided for in the Diplomatic Service Vote for the years in question, are as follows:
Numbers Cost £ 1959–60 … 1,505 2,000,000 1964–65 … 1,761 3,000,000 1968–69 (estimate) … 2,022 4,000,000