Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 29 January 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 February 2003. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Monday, 3 February 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budgets of the (a) Public Health Laboratory Service, (b) National Radiological Protection Board and (c) Microbiological Research Authority were for (i) 2002-03 and (ii) 2003-04; and what the budget will be of the Health Protection Agency for the first year it will be in operation, in current prices. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the budgets of the (a) Public Health Laboratory Service, (b) National Radiological Protection Board and (c) Microbiological Research Authority were for (i) 2002-03 and (ii) 2003-04; and what the budget will be of the Health Protection Agency for the first year it will be in operation, in current prices. [94954] Ms Blears: The allocations for 2002-03 are shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £000 Public Health Laboratory Service 64,807 National Radiological Protection Board 6,547 Microbiological Research Authority 16,936 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Decisions have not yet been made on the Department's central budget programme for 2003-04.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 94954; 399 c102W;399 c103W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Finance Health Protection Agency National Radiological Protection Board Public Health Laboratory Service Microbiological Research Authority
Contains statistics: Yes
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