§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the expenditure committed on the ETIS—environment technology innovation scheme—programme; how many projects were supported; what was the regional distribution of expenditure and projects; how many applications there were in total; how many such applications were rejected because the scheme had closed; and on which date the scheme was closed for new applications.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe environmental technology innovation scheme, ETIS, jointly managed by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of the Environment, was launched on 2 October 1990 and closed to new applications on 30 September 1993.
The information requested is as follows:
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Region/Country Applications received Applications received after closure date Grants awarded Expenditure committed £ Non United Kingdom 1 — — — Totals 522 2 34 6,433,195