§ Mr. Robert Banksasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the United Kingdom's current financial contribution to the independent European programme group, the projects being carried out in the United Kingdom and those programmes with British participation.
§ Mr. PattieThe independent European programme group (IEPG) has no operating budget or international secretariat and the United Kingdom therefore makes no direct financial contribution to support its work.
No project is currently being carried out exclusively in the United Kingdom. A number of fields are being examined to assess the potential for both intra-European and transatlantic co-operation, all of which are at a fairly early stage.