HC Deb 05 May 1993 vol 224 c111W
Mr. O'Neill

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 26 April,Official Report, column 306, if a municipal waste-to-energy scheme which had been granted a waste disposal contract relatively soon after a third tranche of the non-fossil fuel obligation is announced would be eligible to bid into the new order.

Mr. Eggar

[holding answer 4 May 1993]: Provided that such a project met the other requirements, I would expect it to be eligible to bid.

Number of offers accepted
1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Advanced technology programmes 15 89 58 73 34
EUREKA 19 10 21 69 55
LINK 13 38 90 110 109
SMART 130 215 258 278 272
SPUR 0 0 1 137 128
Total 177 352 428 667 598

Expenditure in constant 1992–93 prices (£k)
1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Advanced technology programmes 10,434 10,407 12,992 20,942 28,821
EUREKA 6,200 6,713 10,599 12,116 22,736
LINK 74 1,508 4,472 9,969 15,483
SMART 3,206 6,533 10,120 12,140 12,113
SPUR 0 0 7 329 5,856
Total 19,914 25,161 38,190 55,496 85,009