To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the estimated net annual savings from closing the nuclear structure facility at Daresbury.

I understand that the net annual saving resulted from closure of the nuclear structure facility is estimated by the Science and Engineering Research Council to be £5 million. This figure takes account of the cost of overheads that will now be borne by other programmes at the Daresbury laboratory.In the short term there will be costs associated with closure including those of decommissioning and dismantling the facility.