HC Deb 03 March 1994 vol 238 cc809-11W
Mr. Bates

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which bodies will be covered by the multi-departmental scrutiny of public sector research establishments.

Mr. Waldegrave

I announced the terms of reference for this efficiency scrutiny on 2 February. The bodies which will be covered are listed in the table. The team will make recommendations to Sir Peter Levene, the Prime Minister's efficiency adviser, by the end of April 1994. It is normal practice for efficiency unit reports to be published.

Science and technology establishments included in the PSRE scrutiny
Life sciences sector Topic area
MAFF
1.ADAS Plant/Animal/ Environment
2. Central Veterinary Laboratory Animal
Life sciences sector Topic area
3. Central Science Laboratory Plant/Animal/Environment
4. Food Science Laboratory Food
5. Torry Research Station Food
6. Directorate of Fisheries Research Fish/Environment
ODA
7. Natural Resources Institute Plant
Scottish Office
8. Marine Laboratory/Fisheries Research Services Fish
9. Scottish Agricultural Science Agency Plant
SARI
10. Scottish Crop Research Institute Plant
11. Rowett Research Institute Food
12. Hannah Research Institute Animal
13. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute Plant/Animal/Environment
14. Moredun Research Institute Animal
AFRC
15. Institute for Animal Health Animal
16. Institute for Food Research Food
17. Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research Plant/Animal/Environment
18. Institute of Arable Crops Research Plant
19. Roslin Institute Animal
20. Babraham Institute Animal
21. Institute of Plant Science Research Plant
MRC
22. Radiobiology Unit Health
23. Toxicology Unit Health
24. Dunn Nutrition Unit Health
25. Virology Unit Health
26. Reproductive Biology Unit Health
NERC
27. Institute of Virology and Environmental Microbiology Environment
28. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology Environment
29. Institute of Fresh Water Ecology Environment
30. Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory Environment
31. Plymouth Marine Laboratory Environment
Other public bodies
32. Public Health Laboratory Service (DH) Health
33. Horticultural Research International (MAFF) Plant
34. National Institute of Agricultural Botany (MAFF) Plant
35. National Radiological Protection Board (DH) Health
36. National Institute for Biological Standards (DH) Health
37. Forestry Commission Laboratories (Secretaries of State for Scotland, Wales and Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) Plant
Science and technology establishments included in the PSRE scrutiny
Physical sciences sector Topic area
DOE
1. Building Research Establishment Engineering
DOT
2. Transport Research Laboratory Engineering
Home Office
3. Police Scientific Development Branch Engineering
4. Forensic Science Service Forensic
DTI
5. National Engineering Laboratory Engineering
6. National Physical Laboratory Analytical
7. AEA Technology (and Warren Spring) Engineering
8. Laboratory of the Government Chemist Analytical
9. National Weights and Measures Laboratory Analytical
Physical sciences sector Topic area
HSE
10. Research and Laboratory Services Division Analytical
AFRC
11. Silsoe Research Institute Engineering
NERC
12. Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Environment
13. Institute of Hydrology Environment
14. British Geological Survey Environment
SERC
15. Daresbury Laboratory Analytical
16. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Analytical