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.

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

In addition, certain advisory services are run on behalf of the Department by outside bodies. The Design Advisory Service—started 1976—is run by the Design Council; the Manufacturing Advisory Service—1977—and the Small Firms Technical Enquiries Service—1982—are run by the Production Engineering Research Association.