BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the cost was to the public purse of the (a) establishment and (b) work of the British Antarctic Survey in each of the last five years. [123881]
Mr Willetts, Minister of State (Minister for Universities and Science), Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: The total expenditure (resource and capital) for BAS for the past five years is set out in the table below.
| £000 | |||||
| 2007/08 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | |
| Resource | 39,800 | 38,678 | 41,142 | 37,558 | 38,619 |
| Capital | 16,175 | 5,946 | 7,978 | 11,437 | 7,523 |
| Total Resource and Capital | 55,975 | 44,624 | 49,120 | 48,995 | 46,142 |
Note:
The terms ‘establishment’ and ‘work of’ do not correspond to categories within NERC’s budget.
Source:
How we spent the Science Budget, NERC Annual Accounts
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the (a) manpower and (b) property establishment are of the British Antarctic Survey. [123882]
Mr Willetts, Minister of State (Minister for Universities and Science), Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: (a) There are 485 Natural Environment Research Council employees working for BAS.
(b) The Net Book Value (NBV) of BAS property is £140,648,000 (taken from the fixed asset register as at 31 March 2012).