§ Mr. PageTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what research organisations are owned by his Department; and what their budgets are for the year 2000–01. [R][140156]
§ Mr. MullinMy Department does not own any research organisations, having transferred all its former research establishments to the private sector. All the Department's research is now procured by external contract and details are available through the DETR website and through the Office of Science and Technology's annual publication, "SET Statistics".