§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the programmes and projects approved under the LINK initiative as at 31 March 1991, 31 March 1992 and currently.
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 19 October 1992]: The table below lists—in date order of announcement—each of the programmes under the LINK initiative, together with the number of projects approved in each programme for the financial years ending 31 March 1991 and 31 March 1992, and, according to information available to date, those which have been approved so far during the current financial year, ending 31 March 1993. To list all projects individually would incur disproportionate cost. Twenty-seven programmes were announced up to 31 March 1991 and a further three were announced up to 31 March 1992: no new programmes have been announced so far during the current financial year. Four hundred and fifty-nine projects have been approved to date.
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Programme Start Date Projects approved by 31 March 1991 Projects approved by 31 March 1992 Projects approved since 31 March 1992 Biotransformations 15 April 1988 12 2 0 Personal Communications 13 June 1988 8 8 1 Selective Drug Delivery and Targeting 14 June 1988 4 0 2 Construction Maintenance and Refurbishment 14 June 1988 7 2 2 Food Processing Sciences 7 September 1988 21 1 3 Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration 17 April 1989 7 2 2 Optoelectronic Systems 26 April 1989 18 9 2 Design of High Speed Machinery 10 May 1989 15 6 2 Structural Composites 16 May 1989 14 6 4 Protein Engineering 12 June 1989 7 4 3 Biochemical Engineering 15 June 1989 16 9 1 New Catalysts and Catalytic Processes 19 June 1989 6 1 4 Power Electronic Devices and Derived Systems 27 July 1989 4 10 1 Control of Plant Metabolism 19 September 1989 4 2 0 Molecular Sensors 27 September 1989 11 6 4 Technology for Analytical and Physical Measurement 27 September 1989 17 7 10 Transport Infrastructure and Operations 2 April 1990 4 9 1 Asymmetric Synthesis 13 June 1990 0 1 19 Crops for Industrial Use 26 June 1990 1 5 3 Enabling Technologies for Advanced Rotorcraft 22 October 1990 0 2 1 Medical Implants 11 December 1990 0 2 3 Agro-Food Quality 18 December 1990 0 14 3 Hydrocarbon Reservoirs 30 April 1991 — 5 2 Technologies for Sustainable Farming Systems 1 July 1991 — 12 0 Enhanced Engineering Materials 17 September 1991 — 1 1 Total 227 147 85
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish tables showing the cumulative and annual total of expenditure under the LINK initiative as at 31 March 1992, together with the projected outturn for 31 March 1993, together with a breakdown of those tables showing regional expenditure.
§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 19 October 1992]: The table gives the cumulative and annual DTI expenditure on advanced technology programmes as at 31 March 1992 together with the projected outturn for the financial year to 31 March 1993. Information on a regional basis could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
ATP/DTI Expenditure Amount £ Cumulative to 31 March 1992 47,285,663 Annual 1991–92 17,741,694 Forecast Expenditure 1992–93 23,460,000