§ Mr. Matherasked the Minister of Aviation Supply if he will give figures showing the total Government support for the development of British aircraft during the period of 1965 to 1969, inclusive, and for the previous five years by type.
§ Mr. CorfieldI have interpreted this question as related to civil aircraft only. The information is set out in the table below in terms of financial years. The figures show the Government's contribution to the full launching costs and thus include small elements for tooling and early production costs.
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GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO CIVIL AIRCRAFT LAUNCHING COSTS Type Expenditure 1st April 1960 to 31st March 1965 Expenditure 1st April 1965 to 31st March 1970 AIR FRAMES[...] £m. £m. Rotodyne 2.39 0.15 Trident 1 and 1E 6.90 0.35 Trident 2E — 1.88 Trident 3B — 9.43 VC.10 and Super VC.10 10.25 — BAC.1–11/200/300/400 8.77 0.98 BAC.1–11/500 — 8.90 Islander — 0.19 Jetstream — 1.26 Herald (Proving) 0.97 0.14 Argosy (Proving) 0.15 — Concorde 8.00 109.00 Notes:
(i) The Government also provided £1.19 million towards project study costs of the A.300 European Airbus in the period 1st April 1965 to 31st March 1970.
(ii) The Government also lent Britten-Norman Ltd. £550,000 to assist Islander production and development.
(iii) The expenditure on Herald (proving) excludes credit received from sale of aircraft.
Type Expenditure 1st April 1960 to 31st March 1965 Expenditure 1st April 1965 to 31st March 1970 ENGINES £m. £m. Eland … … 0.61 0.02 Proteus … … 0.92 0.03 Orion … … 0.67 — Spey Family … … 6.65 2.97 RB 203 … … — 2.00 RB 178 … … — 1.30 RB 207 … … — 1.60 RB 211–22 … … — 38.89 Olympus 593 … … 3.00 91.00