HC Deb 15 February 1999 vol 325 cc451-2W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the previously publicly owned research establishments that have been privatised in the last 10 years, indicating their current owners. [69662]

Mr. Battle

Government owned research establishments transferred to the private sector in the last ten years are listed as follows:

Establishment Current owners Date privatised
Agricultural Development Advisory Service (ADAS) ADAS Consulting Ltd. April 1997
Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) AEA Technology plc September 1996
Laboratory of the Government Chemist (LGC) LGC (Teddington) Ltd. April 1996
National Engineering Laboratory (NEL) TUV Product Service (UK) Ltd. and Siemens Holdings Ltd. November 1995
Warren Spring Laboratory (WSL) AEA Technology plc September 1996
Establishment Current owners Date privatised
Building Research Establishment (BRE) Foundation for Building Environment—consortium of management buyout and other bodies March 1997
Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) Transport Research Foundation consortium of management buyout and other bodies March 1996