Economic and Social Research Council (Hansard, 16 February 1988)

HC Deb 16 February 1988 vol 127 c579W 579W

§ 39. Mr. Cran
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to announce the new location of the Economic and Social Research Council; why no site in Humberside is among those being considered; and what plans he has for the further relocation out of London of other research bodies.

Mr. Jackson
It is for each research council to decide on the location of its headquarters. I understand that the Economic and Social Research Council is expected to make an anouncement about its intentions in the near future. Humberside would not have met the criteria set by the council. The Agricultural and Food Research Council announced on 10 February that it would move to Swindon on the expiry of the lease on its present premises.