§ Mr. Warrenasked the Secretary of State for Industry what amount of assistance has been given by Her Majesty's Government to each project in the aerospace industry in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. MeacherThe information, in respect of Government expenditure on civil airframe and aero-engine projects, is set out below.
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£ million 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 (Provisional) Concorde Airframe … … … 31.0 44.0 46.1 45.4 47.6 Aero-engine (Olympus 593) … 19.9 20.5 27.0 25.9 20.8 Other airframe projects HS146 … … … — — — — 1.2 Trident 2E … … … — — — — — Trident 3B … … … 5.4 4.9 0.9 — 0.1 Trident Autoland … … 0.1 — — 0.1 — Airbus (initial development) … 0.7 — — — — BAC 111–500 … … … 0.6 — — — — Jetstream … … … — — — — — Others … … … — — — — — Other engine projects RB211 … … … 28.2 15.2 69.0 50.1 16.2 M45H … … … — — — 3.6 1.9 RB207 … … … — 0.1 — — — RB178 … … … — — — — — Spey 506/510/511 … … — — — — — Spey 555 … … … 0.1 0.3 — — — Spey 512 … … … — — — — — Notes:
(1) The above amounts represent gross expenditure, and do not take account of amounts repaid to Her Majesty's Government under the terms of launching aid and other agreements. The amounts shown for the RB211 are net expenditure after deduction of repayments of short-term production financing.
(2) For Concorde, in addition to the amounts shown above there were total payments during the period of £12.9 million for capital expenditure and £48 million for other intra-mural expenditure at Government establishments.
(3) Loans totalling £5.05 million were made to Short Bros, and Harland Ltd. between 1965 and 1968 in respect of the Skyvan aircraft.