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42.
Brigadier Clarke
asked the Minister of Technology if he will give a breakdown of the £6,500,000 which his Department has cost in the last 12 months.
Mr. Cousins
The main items are £4½ million on research stations, just under £2 million on grants for industrial research to research associations and other bodies and some £650,000 in respect of the Ministry's headquarters. The gross cost is reduced by appropriations in aid of about £850,000.
43.
Brigadier Clarke
asked the Minister of Technology if he will give an estimate of the cost of his Department for the next 12 months.
Mr. Cousins
The Estimate of the cost of my Department in the year 1965–66 is published in Class IV, Vote 18, on pages 99 to 104 of the Civil Estimates, 1965–66. That for 1966–67 will be presented to the House in due course.