§ Mr. Adam Hunterasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what amount of subsidy, including the full value of overheads and all computer resources used, has been granted to the Mass Spectrometry Data Centre in each of the years 1966 to date by the Departments responsible for the AWRE ; and what proportion of total income all subsidies together represented in each of these years.
§ Mr. Michael HeseltineI am looking into this matter and shall let the hon. Member have this information as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Adam Hunterasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he is satisfied with average cost of production 252W Germany, Italy, Japan and Sweden for each year since 1950.
§ Sir G. HoweThe table below sets out the share of each of the countries in the total value of exports of manufactures by the world's 12 main manufacturing countries for each year since 1954. Figures for years earlier than 1954 are not readily available. For 1969 it has been estimated that exports of manufactures by these 12 countries accounted for 76 per cent. of the total world trade in manufactures.
of the 35,000 indexed references made available by the Mass Spectrometry Data Centre Bulletin up to 1972 ; and how this compares with the £1 to £2 per reference normal in other printed science indices.
§ Mr. Michael HeseltineI am looking into this matter and shall let the hon. Member have this information as soon as possible.