§ Mr. Charles ClarkeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in full the independent management consultancy advice which informed the 1996 prior options review of the Central Science Laboratory. [33982]
§ Mr. RookerManagement consultancy reports are provided by private sector advisers on a confidential basis. It would not therefore be appropriate to publish this advice in full.
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish his Department's estimates of the proportion of full capacity utilisation of offices and laboratories at the Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York, which is currently under-utilised. [33983]
§ Mr. RookerThe Central Science Laboratory at Sand Hutton, York was designed to accommodate approximately 400 fee-earning scientists. There are256W presently 300 fee-earning scientists based at the laboratory and although the laboratories and offices are occupied, they are currently under-utilised.
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much income is projected to be received by the Central Science Laboratory in the 1997–98 financial year from research contracts based primarily at Sand Hutton, York, from(a) his Department, (b) other public sector agencies and (c) private companies. [33984]
§ Mr. RookerProjected income for 1997–98 from research contracts primarily based at Sand Hutton, York is set out in the table.
Sector align="right">£ million MAFF 16.8 Other public agencies 0.6 Private sector 1.8 Total 19.2
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the annual overhead costs of the Central Science Laboratory site at Sand Hutton, York in 1997–98. [33986]
§ Mr. RookerAnnual overhead costs for the Central Science Laboratory site at Sand Hutton, York are projected to be £5.7m for 1997–98.
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the number of non-scientific staff employed in 1997–98 at the Central Science Laboratory site at Sand Hutton, York. [33987]
§ Mr. RookerA total of 120 non-scientific staff are employed at the Central Science Laboratory site at Sand Hutton, York in 1997–98, to provide library, financial, IT, human resources and other services for both the Norwich and the York sites.