§ Dr. StrangTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many scientists were employed by(a) the Agriculture and Food Research Council and (b) the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council in each year from 1979 to the present. [17655]
§ 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.
Number of scientists employed in AFRC/BBSRC institutes— 1979 to 1996 Year Number of scientists AFRC 1979 3,417 1980 3,360 1981 3,298 1982 3,371 1983 3,316 1984 3,326 1985 3,002 1986 2,997 1987 2,797 1988 2,726 1989 2,649 1990 2,588 1991 2,158 1992 2,190 1993 2,151 BBSRC 1994 2,043 1995 1,979 1996 2,003