§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the total expenditure in the European Community by Euratom on the 96W direct action research programme of radioactive waste management and storage in each year since the programme was initiated.
§ Mr. Fox[pursuant to his reply, 28 February 1980, c. 736]: The first Community research programme on radioactive waste management and storage ran from 1975 to 1979. Expenditure on the direct action programme was as follows:
1975 1.31 million units of account 1976 3.81 million units of account 1977 4.65 million units of account 1978 4.20 million units of account 1979 5.13 million units of account The current value of the unit of account is c. 1.5 (ua)=£1.