HC Deb 09 July 1975 vol 895 cc156-8W
Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Industry how many copies of the seven publications on terotechnology produced by his Department were distributed to applicants in 1974; and what was the cost to public funds of producing and distributing this literature.

Mr. Kaufman

A total of 8,270 copies of the seven terotechnology publications were distributed in 1974 at a cost of £850.

Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the specific nature of his Department's relationship with the National Terotechnology Centre; and when it was set up by his Department.

Mr. Kaufman

The National Terotechnology Centre is operated by the Electrical Research Association under contract with my Department. The contract came into force on 1st April 1975.

Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Industry why he has set up the National Terotechnology Centre under contract to his Department; what level of Government subsidy or financing is envisaged for the first year of its operation; and under what class of his Department's Vote that expenditure is intended to be borne.

Mr. Kaufman

The National Terotechnology Centre has been set up to promote in industry and commerce an appreciation of the benefits to be secured from the practice of terotechnology. The contract for the centre provides for a maximum payment in its first year of operation of £50,000. The expenditure falls under Class IV, Vote 4, Industrial Innovation, Technological and Industrial Sponsorship.

Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what work was previously undertaken by his Department's Committee for Terotechnology; what were the terms of reference of that committee; when it was set up; how often it met during 1974; and who were its members.

Mr. Kaufman

The Committee for Terotechnology is one of the subsidiary committees set up under the Committee for Industrial Technologies. It is charged with advising on the best methods of establishing the practice of terotechnology in industry and commerce. The committee was set up in 1970. It met four times during 1974. I have placed in the Libary a pamphlet giving its terms of reference and membership.