§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state the purpose of the ABRC's flexibility margins.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthWhen my right hon. and learned Friend announced the allocation of the science budget for 1991–92, and of the planning figures for 1992–93 and 1993–94 on 24 January,Official Report columns 286–87, he indicated that £39 million and £60 million remained unallocated in the latter two years and that he was expecting further advice on the distribution of those sums from the Advisory Board for the Research Councils in the spring. By that time the board will have received and considered the programme plans for the period 1992–93 to 1994–95 from each of the funded bodies.