§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make a statement on progress to date in transferring the facilities of the Princes Risborough laboratory to the main Building Research Establishment site at Garston; what financial and staffing resources were allocated for timber research in each of the years 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87; and how the allocations compared with the actual outturn.
§ Mr. John PattenArrangements for the transfer of research facilities of the Princes Risborough laboratory to the main site at Garston are proceeding satisfactorily; transfer should be completed by the end of 1987.
Allocations of direct BRE research staff to timber research in 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 were 37, 36 and 33.2 respectively, while outturns were 32.4 in 1984–85, 35.9 in 1985–86 and are estimated as 32.6 in 1986–87. At full economic cost, BRE's outturn expenditure, including in-house work and that carried out externally, in 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 was £1,781,131, £2,086,951 and £1,943,625 (estimated) respectively.
Previous answers given to similar questions were given in Supply Vote terms.