asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will list the projects currently being undertaken by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory.

Full details of current and recently completed projects on roads and transport, including those by TRRL, may be found in volume III of the Register of Research, which is published jointly by my Department and the Department of the Environment. The 1977 edition is in the Library and the 1978 edition will be published early in the new year. I will send a copy to the hon. Member.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the annual cost of the Transort and Road Research Laboratory ; and how many civil servants are currently employed there.

Gross expenditure by TRRL in 1977–78 was £9,879,800. Currently 932 civil servants are employed there.