§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list all the bodies sponsored by his Department which give advice and or assistance to industry and commerce and the date they were established.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe following bodies or services receive assistance from the Department on account of their advisory or supportive roles to industry:
Date of establishment of body or service North-West Industrial Development Association 1931 North of England Development Council 1961 Yorkshire and Humberside Development Association 1972 Devon and Cornwall Development Bureau 1977 English Industrial Estates Corporation 1960 National Research Development Corporation 1949 National Enterprise Board 1975 Cooperative Development Agency 1978 New Enterprise Development Project at Durham University Business School 1971 Design Council 1944 Warwick Statistics service, Warwick university 1978 Biodeterioration centre, Aston university 1979 Online Information Centre, Association of Specialised Libraries and Information Bureaux 1979 National Alloy Identification Centre, Sheffield city library 1980 1982 Committee for Information Technology Ltd. 1981 Federation of Microsystems Centres 1981 British Information Technology Export Organisation 1982 United Kingdom Council for Computer Development 1982 Plastics Advisory Service 1982 In addition, certain advisory services are run on behalf of the Department by outside bodies. The Design Advisory Service—started 1976—is run by the Design Council; the 210W Manufacturing Advisory Service—1977—and the Small Firms Technical Enquiries Service—1982—are run by the Production Engineering Research Association.