§ Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many staff worked at the National Engineering Laboratory and the National Physical Laboratory, not including those transferred to the National Maritime Institute, in each of the years from 1970 to date; and to what extent these numbers have been up to approved complement.
§ Mr. ButcherThe following table shows the numbers of non-industrial staff for which financial provision was made and the staff actually in post at NEL and NPL from 1 April 1971 to 1 October 1982. Figures for 1 April 1970 are not readily available.
516WUntil 1980 separate figures for industrial staff by individual research establishments were not kept. Numbers of staff at the National Physical Laboratory engaged before 1976 on work transferred to the National Maritime Institute cannot be separately identified. However, at 1 June 1976 there were 1,052 non-industrial staff at the National Physical Laboratory, and at 1 July 1976 861½non-industrial staff at the NPL and 187½non-industrial staff at the National Maritime Institute.
NEL NPL Financial provision Staff in post Financial provision Staff in post 1 April 1971 639 645 1,171 1,169½ 1 April 1972 640 640½ 1,104 1,125 1 April 1973 635 630 1,095 1,091½ 1 April 1974 625 618½ 1,040 1,046½ 1 April 1975 594 613 1,010 1,059½ 1 April 1976 646 631½ 1,043 1,050 1 April 1977 641 623 833½ 807 1 April 1978 577 568½ 773 773½ 1 April 1979 565 528 775 769 1 April 1980 534 523 744 746 1 April 1981 481 495 713 712 1 April 1982 473½ 468½ 690½ 695 1 October 1982 473½ 463½ 688½ 694