§ Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the Minister of Technology what consideration he has now given to the application for a grant towards the development of a spray steelmaking plant at Millom, Cumberland; and whether he will now make a statement.
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Project Cancellation date Estimated Expenditure £m. TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT Brabazon transport aircraft … … … February, 1952 … 6.45 Princess flying boat … … … May, 1954 … 9.1 Vickers military transport aircraft … … … December, 1955 … 4.0 Orion turbo-prop aero engine … … … January, 1958 … 4.75 Rotodyne helicopter … … … February, 1962 … 13.65 H.S.681 … … … February, 1965 … 4.0 OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT Developed Sturgeon anti-submarine aircraft … … … March, 1951 … 0.5 D.H. fighter aircraft … … … May, 1952 … 2.5 Developed Hawker Hunter … … … July, 1953 … 0.14 Swift fighter aircraft … … … February, 1955 … 22.0 Swift photo-reconnaissance fighter aircraft … … … June, 1955 … 0.3 Swift crescent-wing research fighter … … … December, 1955 … 1.6 Avro rocket interceptor aircraft … … … September, 1955 … 1.0 Thin wing Javelin all-weather fighter aircraft … … … June, 1956 … 2.3 Fairey supersonic fighter aircraft … … … March, 1957 … 0.15 Supersonic bomber (including engine) … … … March, 1957 … 2.05 Naval interceptor … … … December, 1957 … 3.2 P.1154 … … … February, 1965 … 21.0 T.S.R.2 … … … February, 1965 … 195.0 A.F.V.G. … … … July, 1967 … 2.5 ENGINES Nomad … … … April, 1955 … 5.1 Screamer … … … March, 1956 … 0.65 Soar … … … March, 1956 … 1.2 Turmo … … … March, 1956 … 0.1 Big Gyron … … … March, 1957 … 3.4 R.B.106 … … … March, 1957 … 0.1 Scorpion rocket engine … … … February, 1959 … 1.25 Spectre rocket engine … … … October, 1960 … 5.75 Super Sprite … … … October, 1960 … 0.85 MISSILES Guided bomb with television eye … … … June, 1954 … 3.1 Vickers flying bomb … … … September, 1954 … 0.7 Air-to-ship guided bomb … … … March, 1956 … 0.9 Air-to-air missile with radar guidance … … … June, 1956 … 7.5 Long-range surface-to-air guided weapon … … … May, 1957 … 1.5 Heavy anti-tank missile … … … September, 1959 … 2.4 Blue Steel Mark II … … … December, 1959 … 0.825 Bloodhound Mark III … … … March, 1960 … 0.6 Blue Streak ballistic missile … … … April, 1960 … 84.0 Low-level surface-to-air guided weapon … … … December, 1961 … 0.8 Medium range surface-to-surface missile … … … August, 1962 … 32.1 Skybolt air-to-surface ballistic missile … … … December, 1962 … 27.0 Medium Range Swingfire (anti-tank missile) … … … November, 1964 … 0.234 OTHER Balloon-borne Early Warning Radar … … … November, 1960 … 1.3 High Resolution Reconnaissance Radar … … … February, 1962 … 0.73 Lightning III Auto-Attack System … … … March, 1965 … 1.4 P35 Aerial Vehicle … … … October, 1966 … 0.26 Expenditure figures have been extracted from records extending over a number of years and may not all be on an identical basis. For more recent cancellations, estimates have been given. Both sets of figures should be regarded as approximate.
§ Dr. BrayConsideration is being given to all aspects of the situation and a statement will be made as soon as possible.