HC Deb 12 May 1981 vol 4 c247W
20. Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the estimated expenditure of the Science Research Council during 1981–82 on biotechnology.

Mr. Macfarlane

The Science and Engineering Research Council—as it is now called—estimates that in 1981–82 it will spend £1 million on research into biotechnology in universities and polytechnics, in addition to support for some 80 to 90 post-graduate students working in this area.