§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will provide an estimate of the size of the United Kingdom market for microchips for each year from 1979 to 1984 indicating in each case what proportion of the market was met by domestic production.
§ Mr. Butcher[pursuant to his reply, 11 March 1985, c. 23): The size of the United Kingdom market for and production of integrated circuits over thelast six years is estimated to have been:
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£ million United Kingdom Market United Kingdom Production 1979 190 130 1980 230 160 1981 250 170 1982 320 210 1983 460 270 1984 650 390 The market for these products is characterised by a high level of international trade, and United Kingdom manufacturers export strongly. The proportion of the United Kingdom market met from United Kingdom production is around 25 per cent.
§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list in the Official Report all the Government financed schemes to aid the whole information technology industry since 1979–80, giving the amount spent in each scheme for each year from 1979–80 until 1984–85.
§ Mr. Butcher[pursuant to his reply, 11 March 1985, c. 23]: The amounts spent by the Department of Trade and Industry within its support for innovation programme on schemes which aid the information technology industry over the six financial years from 1979–80 to 1984–85 (to date) are as follows: 91W
SFI Scheme £ million 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 *1984–85 Software Products Scheme 0.7 1.0 1.5 1.8 3.6 9.0 General SFI to IT 5.0 10.3 13.2 31.7 41.1 31.0 5.7 11.3 14.7 33.5 44.7 40.0 IT in Manufacturing Computer Aided Design, Manufacture and Test (CADMAT) — — — 1.2 0.9 1.4 Computer Aided Design Test Equipment (CADTES) — — — 0.4 6.9 10.1 Small Engineering Firm Investment Scheme (SEFIS) — — — 10.9 16.9 25.5 Computer Aided Design, Computer Aided Manufacture (CADCAM)/Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) — — 0.2 1.2 2.1 2.5 Robotic Installations — — — 0.2 2.3 4.5 Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) — — — — 0.8 3.0 Feasibility and Planning Studies on Robotics, FMS + AMT — — — 0.1 1.1 3.1 — — 0.2 14.0 31.0 50.1 IT in Microelectronics Microelectronics Industry Support (MIS) 0.9 1.6 5.0 6.3 11.2 10.5 Microelectronics Application Project (MAP) 4.4 8.9 9.6 10.4 13.9 13.7 Automation Instrumentation Control 3.9 4.7 2.6 4.0 8.5 12.6 9.2 15.2 17.2 20.7 33.6 36.8 IT in Fibreoptics Fibreoptics and Optoelectronics Scheme (FOS) — — 0.2 1.4 5.7 5.7 — — 0.2 1.4 5.7 5.7 Alvey Dirctorate: Advanced IT — — — — 1.7 4.0 — — — 1.7 4.0 Public Purchasing Micros in Schools — — 1.2 1.8 0.4 — Micros in Primary Schools — — — 1.5 5.5 2.5 Peripherals in Schools — — — — 0.9 1.1 Initial Teacher Trainers College — — — 1.1 — — Information Technology Education Centres (ITECs) — — 0.9 1.5 4.2 4.9 Office Automation — — — 2.0 2.1 0.7 — — 2.1 7.9 13.1 9.2 Total 14.9 26.5 34.4 77.5 129.8 145.8 * Expenditure to Date.