§ 70. Mr. Hooleyasked the Minister of Technology what is the estimated current annual expenditure of the Government and private industry, respectively, on re search and development in all forms of rocket propulsion; and how this com pares, from information available to him from international sources, with the financial contribution of France and West Germany in the same field.
§ Mr. BennAbout £15 million per annum, of which approximately £10 million is the United Kingdom's contribution to the European Launcher Development Organisation. The contributions of France and Germany to E.L.D.O. are each about the same as ours; but I cannot give any information about the expenditure of those countries in other areas of rocket propulsion. Private venture work by United Kingdom industry is not significant.