§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish in the Official Report the Medical Research Council grants for the last five years for research projects concerned with aspects of deafness which have been awarded to (a) Southampton University, including the Institute for Sound and Vibration Research, and (b) Nottingham University; and if she will list the title of the research projects, the duration and the cost.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsThe information is as follows:
published in Annex 4 of the United Kingdom Balance of Payments 1965–75 (the "Pink Book"), a copy of which is in the Library.
The preparation of this estimate in respect of the clearing banks has brought to light an error in the figures published in Annex 4, where the debit of £430 million in 1975 in respect of interest paid on borrowing in sterling by United Kingdom banking institutions is overstated by £99 million. The correct figure should be £331 million. As a result, the net earnings of the United Kingdom banking institutions in that year should be £234 million and the total earnings of the City should be £1,077 million. This table is 185W an explanatory one only and the underlying figures published in the main balance of payments accounts are not affected.