HC Deb 18 July 1985 vol 83 cc253-4W
Mr. Spearing

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish in tabular form the number of personnel currently employed by the Tropical Development and Research Institute in each of its constituent parts for categories of personnel as set out in the memorandum submitted to the Foreign Affairs Committee in a previous Session, together with the respective numbers of personnel employed by its predecessor bodies in 1980.

Mr. Rifkind

The table is as follows:

Staff in post
1 April 1980
Tropical Products Institute and Centre for Overseas Pest Research combined 436
1 June 1985
Tropical Development and Research Institute 371

Mr. Spearing

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, in respect of the Tropical Development and Research Institute, he will tabulate for each of the scientific disciplines the numbers of personnel employed who possess graduate or broadly equivalent listing for each respective piece of work now in hand, the name of the commissioning body, the approximate cost in pound sterling, the expected date for the completion of each item, and the main locations of the work being undertaken.

Mr. Rifkind

Paragraph 28 of the observations drew attention in particular to European Community research contracts obtained by the Tropical Development and Research Institute. Details of these are given in the table. My right hon. Friend the Minister for Overseas Development will write to the hon. Member when the details of the full current work programme have been compiled.

professional qualifications, together with the number of vacancies in each discipline for which funded posts exist and the number of additional posts which will need to be filled for any future approved scheme of expansion.

Mr. Rifkind

The information is as follows:

Discipline Posts filled (graduates or equivalents) Graduate-level Posts Vacant and under recruitment
Biology/Chemistry 70 10
Engineering 20 1
Economics 15
Others 92 10
Total 197 21

There are no plans for expansion.