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Mr. Wrigglesworth
asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list all the bodies sponsored by his Department which give advice and or assistance to industry and commerce and the date they were established.
Mr. Kenneth Baker
The following bodies or services receive assistance from the Department on account of their advisory or supportive roles to industry:
Date of establishment of body or service | |
North-West Industrial Development Association | 1931 |
North of England Development Council | 1961 |
Yorkshire and Humberside Development Association | 1972 |
Devon and Cornwall Development Bureau | 1977 |
English Industrial Estates Corporation | 1960 |
National Research Development Corporation | 1949 |
National Enterprise Board | 1975 |
Cooperative Development Agency | 1978 |
New Enterprise Development Project at Durham University Business School | 1971 |
Design Council | 1944 |
Warwick Statistics service, Warwick university | 1978 |
Biodeterioration centre, Aston university | 1979 |
Online Information Centre, Association of Specialised Libraries and Information Bureaux | 1979 |
National Alloy Identification Centre, Sheffield city library | 1980 |
1982 Committee for Information Technology Ltd. | 1981 |
Federation of Microsystems Centres | 1981 |
British Information Technology Export Organisation | 1982 |
United Kingdom Council for Computer Development | 1982 |
Plastics Advisory Service | 1982 |