Rothamsted Experimental Station

HC Deb 08 March 1990 vol 168 c749W

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the reasons for Mrs. Clark's dismissal from her post at Rothamsted experimental station, Hertfordshire.

Mr. Jackson

Mrs. Clark was an employee of the Lawes Agricultural Trust, the governing body of the Rothamsted experimental station which is grant-aided by the agricultural and food research council (AFRC). The staff of the Rothamsted experimental station are employed on terms and conditions of service laid down by the AFRC.

I understand that Mrs. Clark was dismissed following a disciplinary hearing conducted in accordance with the council's rules and procedures. An appeal to the Civil Service Appeal Board is pending and therefore I am unable to comment further.

All1 discretionary awards made under Section 1(6) and Section 2 of the 1962 Education Act (as amended).
	1983–84 £000's	1984–85 £000's	1985–86 £000's	1986–87 £000's	1987–88 £000's
Sheffield	2,040.8	2,216.7	2,346.4	2,281.8	2,309.2
Bradford	1,582.7	1,713.1	1,740.6	1,752.8	2,284.7
Calderdale	349.7	313.8	373.4	320.1	465.2
Kirklees	1,356.1	1,396.1	1,663.6	1,733.6	1,967.9
Leeds	1,113.5	1,255.8	994.4	1,520.8	2,067.9
Wakefield	638.9	793.7	785.6	818.0	1,023.4
Gateshead	198.0	247.2	345.6	281.6	309.3
Newcastle upon Tyne	736.7	640.3	692.0	681.4	720.9
North Tyneside	631.1	679.3	623.3	848.3	1,002.2
South Tyneside	245.2	243.1	285.7	260.6	340.9
Sunderland	774.8	999.6	1,242.2	1,328.8	1,202.9
Isles of Scilly	63.3	69.5	79.3	75.7	85.3
Avon	2,456.5	2,275.4	2,335.1	3,179.5	3,280.8
Bedfordshire	933.3	822.4	1,670.8	1,286.3	1,917.6
Berkshire	1,402.9	1,279.8	1,293.3	1,061.3	1,330.4
Buckinghamshire	927.4	932.0	964.4	862.9	979.5
Cambridgeshire	990.5	1,048.4	891.8	1,020.0	1,169.5
Cheshire	2,452.0	3,139.0	3,408.2	3,763.0	3,955.6
Cleveland	1,382.4	1,639.9	1,538.0	1,477.5	1,527.9
Cornwall	997.0	1,130.9	1,309.1	1,377.2	1,308.5
Cumbria	1,841.5	1,768.8	1,821.6	2,219.1	2,306.8
Derbyshire	2,201.5	2,430.6	2,559.6	2,732.1	2,586.7
Devon	3,008.1	3,387.7	3,365.2	3,870.6	4,282.0
Dorset	1,836.5	1,499.5	1,559.4	1,733.9	1,898.6
Durham	1,016.0	878.1	896.3	881.3	788.5
East Sussex	1,918.1	1,838.7	1,430.1	1,303.7	1,353.9
Essex	4,066.1	4,326.6	4,558.0	5,113.9	4,902.7
Gloucestershire	2,000.4	2,334.2	2,354.1	2,436.4	2,266.7
Hampshire	4,818.4	4,801.1	7,269.1	8,383.3	8,503.9
Hereford and Worcester	1,063.9	1,137.8	1,016.5	1,061.1	1,007.0
Hertfordshire	2,096.2	1,650.3	1,612.4	1,789.7	2,111.0
Humberside	2,798.0	2,949.0	3,226.2	3,234.6	3,481.4
Isle of Wight	315.0	351.2	356.8	396.6	411.2
Kent	5,017.5	4,912.4	3,990.2	5,193.9	5,221.5
Lancashire	4,110.7	5,302.5	4,887.7	5,284.8	5,323.5
Leicestershire	2,494.3	2,997.5	3,289.2	3,581.1	4,086.2
Lincolnshire	1,382.8	1,496.5	1,504.9	1,567.7	1,496.6