§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, under the headings of (a) London, (b) Oxford and Cambridge, (c) other south, (d) Scotland, (e) northern, (f) other univesities and (g) lay members, he will give the origin by university affiliation of the members of the council of the Medical Research Council; if he will also express these numbers as percentages of the council; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaldenAssuming that the hon. Member is referring to current affiliation, the information is as follows:
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MRC Council membership for 1985–86 Number Percentage Member whose affiliation can be determined:
Number Percentage London 4 21 Oxford and Cambridge 2 11 Other South 1 5 Scotland 2 11 Northern universities — — Other universities — — Lay members, other than below 2 11 Members from categories where affiliation has no meaning* 8 41 Total Council membership 19 100 * The Council's Chairman and Secretary, the directors of 2 MRC Units, a representative of the House of Commons and 3 members representing government Departments.
There is regular turnover of a proportion of the membership each year.
I also refer the hon. Member to the second part of my reply at column 16, to his question of 3 February 1986.
§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will name the three principle Medical Research Council boards; if he will give the origin by university affiliation of the members of the three boards; if he will express these numbers as a percentage; and if he will make a statement;
Full-time and sandwich* MRC Units MRC Unit staff† Programme grants‡ London Number 6,123 19 1,442 59 Percentage 32 35 48 50 Oxford and Cambridge Number 1,333 14 562 30 Percentage 7 25 19 25 Scotland Number 3,243 8 395 9 Percentage 17 14 13 8 Wales and Northern Ireland Number 1,412 1 33 1 Percentage 7 2 1 1 Other English Number 7,046 13 588 19 Percentage 37 24 19 16 Total Number 19,157 55 3,020 118 Percentage 100 100 100 100 * Home (=United Kingdom-domiciled) undergraduate students on pre-clinical and clinical medicine courses at universities (academic year 19847–85).
† As as 1 January 1986.
‡ As at July 1985.