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Mr. Knox
asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list staffing levels for those involved in research into ways of reducing the incidence and severity of road accidents at the Transport and Road Research Laboratory in each of the past 12 years.
Mrs. Chalker
The numbers of staff at the Transport and Road Research Laboratory directly engaged in research into ways of reducing the incidence and severity of road accidents over the past 12 years were as follows:
| As at 1 January | In post |
| 1974 | 121 |
| 1975 | 104 |
| 1976 | 106 |
| 1977 | 97 |
| 1978 | 82 |
| 1979 | 78 |
| 1980 | 69 |
| 1981 | 62 |
| 1982 | 58 |
| 1983 | 55 |
| 1984 | 68 |
| 1985 | 66 |