§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give figures to show the level of his Department's funding of the British Geological Survey in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe Department's level of funding of the British Geological Survey in each of the last 10 years is given in the table.
DOE expenditure with British Geological Survey for last 10 years Cash terms in £ million £ 1976–77 2.574 1977–78 2.944 1978–79 3.088 1979–80 3.602 1980–81 5.481 1981–82 4.843 1982–83 3.134 1983–84 2.209 1984–85 2.083 1985–86 2.200