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Mr. Skeffington
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, how many persons in the categories of administrative, technical and industrial workers were employed on 1st July, 1954, in the headquarters of the Directorate of Scientific and Industrial Research, in other Directorate of Scientific Industrial Research establishments, and
| — | Staff on 1st July in each of the years indicated | ||||||||
| 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | ||||
| 1. D.S.I.R. Headquarters: | |||||||||
| Administrative | … | … | … | 160 | 171 | 217 | 190 | 185 | 185 |
| Scientific | … | … | … | 47 | 57 | 61 | 61 | 66 | 77 |
| 2. D.S.I.R. Research Establishments: | |||||||||
| Administrative | … | … | … | 417 | 517 | 506 | 505 | 502 | 503 |
| Scientific | … | … | … | 1,870 | 2,178 | 2,241 | 2,242 | 2,242 | 2,343 |
| Industrial | … | … | … | 776 | 890 | 919 | 943 | 951 | 966 |
| Total | … | … | … | 3,670 | 3,813 | 3,944 | 3,941 | 3,946 | 4,074 |
| 3. Agricultural Research Council Headquarters: | |||||||||
| Administrative | … | … | … | 56 | 58 | 59 | 67 | 67 | 65 |
| Technical | … | … | … | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 4. Agricultural Research Council Institutes and Research Units:* | |||||||||
| Administrative | … | … | … | 30 | 32 | 45 | 52 | 49 | 64 |
| Technical | … | … | … | 114 | 141 | 179 | 214 | 238 | 261 |
| Industrial | … | … | … | 142 | 159 | 176 | 222 | 252 | 278 |
| Total | … | … | … | 343 | 392 | 461 | 558 | 609 | 672 |
| 5. Medical Research Council:† | |||||||||
| Administrative | … | … | … | 230 | 249 | 271 | 281 | ||
| Scientific | … | … | … | 427 | 444 | 450 | 490 | ||
| Technical | … | … | … | 509 | 511 | 499 | 551 | ||
| Maintenance | … | … | … | 212 | 217 | 220 | 236 | ||
| Total | … | … | … | 1,073 | 1,337 | 1,378 | 1,421 | 1,440 | 1,558 |
| 6. Nature Conservancy: | |||||||||
| Administrative | … | … | … | 6 | 19 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 70 |
| Scientific | … | … | … | 0 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 38 |
| Total | … | … | … | 6 | 28 | 50 | 59 | 73 | 108 |
| *These figures do not include the staff of the research institutes financed from the Votes of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and of the Department of Agriculture for Scotland. | |||||||||
| † The figures for the Medical Research Council are for 1st June in each year up to 1953 and for 1st April, 1954. The detailed figures for 1949 and 1950 are not available. | |||||||||