§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all the MOD establishments which are accredited NAMAS—national measurement accreditation service—testing laboratories.
§ Mr. AitkenEstablishments in my Department and in defence agencies which are NAMAS accredited for calibration or testing purposes are listed in the table:534W
- Royal Air Force Electrical Standards Laboratory, Deeside, Clwyd
- Defence Research Agency, Aquila, Kent
- Defence Radiological Standards Centre, Aldermaston
- Army Calibration and Standards Laboratory, Army Base Repair Organisation, Old Dalby, Leicestershire
- Defence Radiological Protection Service, Gosport, Hampshire
- Defence Research Agency Dunfermline, Rosyth, Scotland
- Defence Research Agency, Fort Halstead, Kent
- Defence Research Agency, Bridgwater, Somerset
- Defence Research Agency, Civil Marine Group, Portsmouth, Hampshire
- Environmental Test Centre, Foulness, Essex
- Proof and Experimental Establishment, Pendine, Dyfed
- Proof and Experimental Establishment, Eskmeals, Cumbria
- Proof and Experimental Establishment, Shoeburyness, Essex
- Proof and Experimental Establishment, Lavington, Wiltshire
- Test and Evaluation Establishment, Chertsey, Surrey
- Defence Clothing and Textile Authority (Quality and Product Support Division) Oxfordshire
- Royal Military College of Science, Swindon, Wiltshire
§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent by RAE Aberperth on sending electronic equipment for calibration at NAMAS accredited laboratories in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. AitkenThe figures for calibration of electronic equipment not arranged within the MOD and thus incurring charges are as follows:
£ 1993–91 523.34 1992–93 1,511.78 1993–94 2,135.57