§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy what research funds he has allocated to the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority; and how much has been allocated in each of the last 10 years for(a) all research and (b) pre-contract research.
§ Mr. ParkinsonMy Department's expenditure on its nuclear programmes over the last 10 years is set out in my answer of 10 July to the hon. Member for Sedgefield at column380. Since April 1986, when the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority began to operate as a trading fund, charges to the Department under the programme letters have been on a cost-plus basis. These charges include a contribution towards general authority overheads, one component of which is pre-contract research. The component is not separately identified in charges to the Department.
In the time available it has not been possible to provide figures for the Department's expenditure with the UKAEA on non-nuclear research.