§ Ms RuddockTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the level of financial support from the Government for environmental industries for the early research and development phase of product development in(a) 1990, (b) 1991, (c) 1992, (d) 1993, (e) 1994 and (f) 1995. [24111]
§ Mr. PageSupport for research and development on technologies with a specific environmental function, under the environmental technology innovation scheme, Eureka- Euroenviron and the environmental technology best practice programmes was as follows:
The above support includes programmes operated by both the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of the Environment.
Year £ million 1990–91 0.1 1991–92 0.96 1992–93 2.91 1993–94 2.95 1994–95 2.53 1995–96 (estimate) 1.72 Total 11.17 Some of the research and development supported under general DTI programmes, such as the small firms merit award for research and technology, support for products under research, Link and other Eureka activities and through the Office for Science and Technology's funding of research councils, will be relevant to the environmental technology industries.
148WSupport for the new and renewable energy technologies and clean coal technologies was as follows:
£ million Year New and renewables Clean coal 1990–91 20.8 13.0 1991–92 24.8 4.6 1992–93 25.5 4.0 1993–94 25.2 7.8 1994–95 19.1 7.9 1995–96 (estimate) 17.8 7.0 Total 133.2 44.3