§ Dr. StrangTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many scientists were employed at the Institute of Food Research in each year from 1986 to the latest available date. [17657]
§ Mr. Ian Taylor[holding answer 27 February 1997]: Science budget money freed up by institute restructuring will have been recycled for research purposes, either in institutes or universities where there has been significant growth in the number of researchers.
The figures—staff in post—are shown in the table.
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Number of scientists employed at IFR—1986 to 1996 Year Number of scientists 1985–86 534 1986–87 514 1987–88 517 1988–89 463 1989–90 425 1990–91 308 1991–92 338 1992–93 335 1993–94 303 1994–95 313 1995–96 316