§ Mr. Alan SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people are currently employed in the medical and pharmaceutical applications of biotechnology in the United Kingdom; and what has been the annual financial contribution of this area of biotechnology to the United Kingdom's GDP since and including 1992(a) in actual terms and (b) in terms of a percentage of the whole. [86069]
§ Mr. BattleThis information is not available from official statistics. To obtain it, would involve disproportionate cost.