§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of personnel in, the number of projects in and the value of MOD contributions to LINK and EC research programmes in the Defence Research Agency for the last three financial years and projected for the current year.
§ Mr. AitkenThis is a matter delegated to the Defence Research Agency under its framework document. I have therefore asked the chief executive to reply direct to the hon. Member.
Letter from Mr. John Chisholm to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 23 October 1992:
In his written reply of Wednesday 28 October the Secretary of State for Defence informed you that I would be replying directly to the following question:To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the number of personnel in, the number of projects in and the value of MOD contributions to LINK and EC Research programmes in the Defence Research Agency for the last three financial years and projected for the current year.The information you requested is set out below:
EC Research Programmes Year 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 Number of Projects 8 9 10 17 Number of Personnel 5.8 11.6 10.5 13.0 Value of DRA Contribution £K 220 550 510 700 LINK Programmes Number of Projects 0 2 3 6 Number of Personnel 0 2.1 3.1 4.9 Value of DRA Contribution £K 0 150 220 320 Note: The number of projects shown is cumulative so if a project runs for three years it has been shown in three columns.
I hope you will find this helpful.