§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a table showing the expenditure in cash and standard price terms and the number of projects(a) submitted to and (b) approved by (i) the advanced technology programme and (ii) the support for innovation programme in each year since the establishment of the programme.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe expression "support for innovation" covered various forms of support and information in the form requested is not available.
For advanced technology programme, the information requested is shown in the table.
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Year Number of projects submitted Number of projects approved Expenditure in cash terms £ million Expenditure in real terms at 1992–93 prices £ million 1992–93 141 39 28.8 28.8 1993–94 37 64 19.1 18.5