§ Mr. Bishopasked the Minister of Technology what was the total amount made available to the shipbuilding and ship-repairing industries by his Department and the former Department of Scientific and Industrial Research each year since 1950 by way of grants and contracts for research and development; what was the expenditure of the Ship Division, National Physical Laboratory, in those years; and what control is exercised by his Department over the spending of these various sums.
§ Mr. CousinsThe amounts made available by my Ministry and by the former 381W Department of Scientific and Industrial Research to the shipbuilding and ship-repairing industries by way of grants to research associations and development contracts with industry for the financial years 1950–51 to 1964–65 are set out in the following table, together with the current expenditure of the Ship Division of the National Physical Laboratory.
Year Grants or Research Contracts to Industry Current expenditure Ship Division, National Physical Laboratory £ £ 1950–51 … … 122,050 48,700 1951–52 … … 149,550 60,100 1952–53 … … 175,800 65,200 1953–54 … … 145,000 71,500 1954–55 … … 137,500 82,400 1955–56 … … 120,000 92,100 1956–57 … … 80,000 97,100 1957–58 … … 160,000 103,900 1958–59 … … 120,000 137,900 1959–60 … … 135,000 150,100 1960–61 … … 130,000 194,700 1961–62 … … 130,000 217,300 1962–63 … … 127,500 219,200 1963–64 … … 263,300 242,800 1964–65 … … 313,200 299,600 Grants to the autonomous research associations are reviewed every five years.
Year of initiation Total U.K. contribution to 31.3.65 Estimated U.K. contribution for 1965–66 Project 1. Under agreements with other member countries of the European Nuclear Energy Agency (a) Boiling Water Reactor experiment in Norway June, 1958 604,000 75,000 (b) High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Experiment in United Kingdom. March, 1959 8,354,000 1,150,000 2. Special activities of the European Nuclear Energy Agency (a) Nuclear Computer Programme Library in Italy April, 1964 14,000 20,000 (b) European Neutron Data Compilation Centre in France. June, 1964 16,000 20,000