§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give figures for the expenditure by his Department on(a) radioactive waste management,
Year (a) Radioactive waste management £000 (b) Air pollution £000 (c) Total environmental protection1 £000 1973–74 — 647 21,067 1974–75 — 861 21,821 1975–76 — 1,377 22,943 1976–77 — 1,164 22,671 1977–78 — 1,248 23,655 1978–79 3,914 1,578 7,958 1979–80 5,113 1,584 8,810 1980–81 9,780 1,841 13,619 1981–82 8,833 2,158 13,681 1982–83 8,116 1,714 12,517 1983–84 8,805 1,866 12,974 1984–85 9,360 1,874 13,869 1985–86 11,725 3,704 17,978 1986–87 (provisional) 10,900 4,500 18,000 1 Includes radioactive waste management and air pollution research; excludes water and countryside research. 2 Figures before 1978–79 do not include any expenditure on research on radioactive waste management since it was not until then a DOE responsibility.