§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list by standard region(a) the research institutes operated for, or on behalf of, his Department and the total employment thereat and (b) the total number of such institutes and the total employment therein; and if he will express the regional totals as a percentage of the national totals.
§ Mr. HeseltineMy Department's only research institution is the Building Research Establishment at Garston, Watford. It has been an executive agency since April 1990. It carries out work for other customers as well as my Department. It employs such staff as are necessary to carry out its work. Staff numbers are currently the equivalent of 703.5 full-time employees.