§ Mr. PageTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what research organisations are owned by his Department; and what their budgets are for the year 2000–01. [R] [140155]
§ Ms HewittThe Department of Trade and Industry has responsibility for two organisations which conduct scientific research: the National Physical Laboratory (a government-owned, contractor-operated organisation) and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (a non-departmental public body; NDPB).
DTI also has accounting officer responsibilities for the Research Councils which are established as seven separate NDPBs. As well as funding research and training in the science and engineering base some of the Research Councils operate research institutes, as shown in the table.
The budgets for 2000–01 are necessarily estimates. The figures given are the estimated total budgets for the individual organisations. These estimates will typically include predicted income from a number of different sources including other parts of the public sector, the private sector and international sources. The estimated income will not all be directed to the funding for research as the same organisations also carry out other functions of a technical nature (this is particularly the case for UKAEA).
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£ million Research organisation Estimated budget 2000–01 Government-owned, contractor-operated National Physical Laboratory 150 Non-Departmental Public Bodies UK Atomic Energy Authority 2240 BBSRC The Babraham Institute 16.0 Institute for Animal Health 25.1 Institute of Arable Crop Research 25.1 Institute of Food Research 14.0 Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research 14.8 John Innes Centre 22.3 Roslin Institute 13.3 Silsoe Research Institute 9.8 Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Council 3111.4 Medical Research Council Institutes and Units4 179.5 NERC British Antarctic Survey 32.8 British Geological Survey 35.1 Centre for Coastal & Marine Sciences 515.2 Centre for Ecology & Hydrology 31.2 Southampton Oceanography Centre 66.3 PPARC UK Astronomy Technology Centre 2.6 Note:
1. The estimated current financial year's turnover of National Physical Laboratory Management Limited, which is the company contracted to run the National Physical Laboratory for the Department.
2. The main activity of the UKAEA is to manage nuclear liabilities in a way which is safe, secure and environmentally responsible. Their principal research activity is into the use of nuclear fusion as a future energy source, this programme's budget is estimated to be £14.3 million in 2000–01.
3. CCLRC is funded primarily through other Research Councils. 4. MRC units are internal divisions of the MRC and individual budgets are not available.
5. NERC is in the process of re-organising the Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences.
6. The figure for the Southampton Oceanography Centre is the contribution for the science budget only. As SOC is a joint venture between NERC and the University of Southampton it is not possible to give an equivalent figure for external receipts.