§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state the number of scientific officers being made redundant or eligible for early retirement from the Institute of Food Research, Bristol, together with the numbers of such officers being transferred to each of other named institutions.
Mr. JacksonThis information is not available. It will not be known until the level of funding beyond 1990–91 for the AFRC Institute of Food Research, of which the Bristol laboratory is part, is known; the consequences in terms of identifying surplus posts and carrying out the redundancy procedures of the Council have been completed; and discussions with third parties concluded.