HC Deb 20 December 1988 vol 144 c229W
Mr. Strang

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of the Health and Safety Executive research budget the subsidy given by the Department of Transport for the scientific investigation into the causes of the King's Cross fire, represents.

Mr. Nicholls

The cost of the scientific investigation by the Health and Safety Executive was not subsidised by the Department of Transport. The whole cost was absorbed by the executive's research budget.