§ 80. Mr. Boothasked the Minister of Technology what was the cost to his Department of the gates, fencing, barbed wire and police arrangements at Burfield Royal Ordnance factory on Good Friday; and whether an attempt was made
(£'000) Date Started Description Expenditure to 31st March, 1968 (£'000) 1968–69 (Estimated) 1. 23rd April, 1965 … … Desalination … 1,461 1263 2. 21st May, 1965 … … Biological centrifuge … 43 — 3. 11th October, 1965 … … Hydrostatic extrusion … 250 47 4. 31st January, 1966 … … Transducers … 38 — 5. 6th May, 1966 … … Beryllia ceramics … 25 — 6. 27th January, 1967 … … Non-destructive testing centre … 143 175 7. 27th January, 1967 … … Ceramics centre … 232 370 8. 9th June, 1967 … … Improved structural steels … 39 39 9. 26th July, 1967 … … Atmospheric pollution … 44 95 10. 23rd November, 1967 … … Heat transfer and fluid flow … — 110 11. 28th November, 1967 … … Tribology … 5 100 12. 20th December, 1967 … … Carbon fibres … 25 257 13. 8th April, 1968 … … Quality control … — 390 14. Various … … Minor Schemes … 49 — Total* … 2,354 2,846 * Figures of expenditure cover current and capital expenditure, and thus represent the cash amounts for which provision is taken in the Atomic Energy Vote. Substantial revenue is expected from certain of these projects as they mature.