HC Deb 20 July 1989 vol 157 c294W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place a copy of the agreement between the Centre for Advanced Microbiological Research and Porton International Limited in the Library.

Mr. Freeman

No. Agreements between the public health laboratory services centre for applied microbiology and research and companies in the Porton International group are commercially confidential.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the income generated by the Centre for Applied Microbiological Research in each year since 1980.

Mr. Freeman

The income generated by the centre for applied microbiology and research for each year since 1980, including grants for specific work, has been:

£ million
Year Amount
1980–81 1.8
1981–82 2.0
1982–83 2.3
1983–84 2.2
1984–85 2.5
1985–86 3.0
1986–87 2.8
1987–88 3.7
1988–89 4.2