§ Mr. Baldryasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement about the distribution of the science budget for 1985–86.
§ Sir Keith JosephHaving considered the recommendations of the Advisory Board for the Research Councils, I have decided that the science budget for 1985–86 should, subject to approval by Parliament of the Estimates in due course, be allocated as follows:
1985–86 £ million cash Agricultural and Food Research Council 50.3 Medical Research Council 122.3 Natural Environment Research Council 67.3 Science and Engineering Research Council 298.0 Economic and Social Research Council 23.6 British Museum (Natural History)* 16.2 Royal Society 5.9 Fellowship of Engineering 0.25 583.9 * Including expenditure of £4.8 million by PSA on behalf of the museum.