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Mr. Needham
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how the science budget for 1980–81 will be divided between the recipient bodies.
Mr. Mark Carlisle
I have accepted the recommendation of the advisory board for the research councils that the science budget in 1980–81, for which the provision planned by the Government and announced in Cmnd. 7746 is just over £300 million, should, subject to approval by Parliament of the Estimates in due course, be allocated as follows:
| £ million (1979 survey prices) | |
| Agricultural Research Council | 27·1 |
| Medical Research Council | 50·9 |
| Natural Environment Research Council | 34·4 |
| Science Research Council | 165·5 |
| Social Science Research Council | 14·7 |
| British Museum (Natural History) | 5·0 |
| Royal Society | 2·6 |
| 300·2 |