To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what consultations have taken place with Camden council on the future location of the National Institute for Medical Research. (143067)

The National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) is a wholly owned institute of the Medical Research Council (MRC).

The MRC has met Camden council on three occasions relating to the fixture location of the NIMR.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects a final decision to be made on the future location of the National Institute for Medical Research. (143068)

The national Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) is a wholly owned institute of the Medical Research Council (MRC). The Medical Research Council is currently preparing a detailed business case for the relocation of the NIMR to central London.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what planning barriers exist to development of the Mill Hill site of the National Institute for Medical Research. (143069)

The National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) is a wholly owned institute of the Medical Research Council (MRC).

The Mill Hill site of the NIMR is in a conservation area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what consultations have been held with the British Library on the proposed move of the National Institute for Medical Research to the site near the British Library. (143070)

The National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) is a wholly owned institute of the Medical Research Council (MRC).

The MRC has not consulted the British Library about the relocation of the NIMR to a site near to the British Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what factors were taken into account in deciding not to move the National Institute for Medical Research to the Temperance Hospital site. (143072)

The National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) is a wholly owned institute of the Medical Research Council (MRC).

The MRC has not taken a final decision on the preferred site for the NIMR.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what the purchase price was for the Temperance hospital site intended as the new centre for the National Institute for Medical Research; (143073)

The National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) is a wholly owned institute of the Medical Research Council (MRC). The MRC paid £28 million for the National Temperance hospital site and has spent an additional £0.8 million on development costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what consultations have taken place with National Institute for Medical Research staff on the decision not to move to the Temperance hospital site and to consider relocation to the British Library site; (143074)

The National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) is a wholly owned institute of the Medical Research Council (MRC).

The interim Director of NIMR ‘Sir Keith Peters’ communicates regularly with NIMR staff about the development of a business case including the option of relocating NIMR to the National Temperance hospital site, as well as work to determine the feasibility of relocation to a larger site adjacent to the British Library. No decision has been made.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the current estimate is of the cost of relocating the National Institute for Medical Research from Mill Hill to Central London. (143075)

The National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) is a wholly owned institute of the Medical Research Council (MRC).

The MRC is currently preparing a detailed business case for the relocation of the NIMR to central London. This will address the cost of various options.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate has been made of the area that would be available to the National Institute for Medical Research at the British Library site in light of the other organisations intended to be accommodated there. (143082)

The site adjacent to the British Library is approximately 3.5 acres of which about one third could be made available to NIMR.