§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether, in accordance with procedures laid out in the Civil Service Department's guide on non-departmental public bodies, he has recently carried out checks on staff numbers and gradings in the Public Health Laboratory Service Board for England and Wales; and whether these have enabled him to identify areas for savings in expenditure and manpower in either the board or his Department.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergA review of manpower in the Public Health Laboratory Service for England and Wales372W will be carried out in the context of the current redevelopment of the central reference laboratories at Colindale and development of the new vaccine production centre and associated facilities at the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research (Porton Down).
The Public Health Laboratory Service Board is due to be reviewed again in 1984 under the procedures set out in the guide on non-departmental public bodies, which was published on 20 October 1981, and regularly thereafter.