date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 17:05:34 +0000 from: "Ian Dwyer" subject: Re: Climate change centre to: Mike Just to make clear - The £10m available is a cash limited sum, it is not index linked. ie inflationary increases should be taken account of within that total amount. The guide figure for inflation for next year (and by default for subsequent years), given by the government, is 2.5%. We would normally expect you to use this figure in the bid and contract negotiations. However, if you feel it is unrealistic (eg for agreed / likely salary increases) then you can use your own judgement. If you use a higher figure it is worth making the point that should it turn out to be an over-estimation the difference could be ploughed back into the centre. Regards Ian ------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Dwyer Global Change Coordinator Natural Environment Research Council Polaris House North Star Avenue Swindon SN2 1EU Tel: 01793 411511 Fax: 01793 411584 email: i.dwyer@nerc.ac.uk