§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list in the Official Report all individual items or projects in his expenditure on research into travel and transport matters that exceed the sum of £250,000 together with the cost of each project or item, and the total cost of all projects costing less than this figure.
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§ Mr. HoramTotal expenditure on travel and transport research is estimated at about £14 million in 1976–77. Projects on which expenditure in 1976–77 is expected to be over £250,000 are:
The remaining £13.14 million is made up of a large number of smaller items.
£ Experimental Safety Vehicle 260,000 Driver Behaviour Research 250,000 Development of a Sodium Sulphur Battery 350,000 In addition there are for 1976–77 grants of £1 million to London Transport Executive and £2.13 million to British Rail's R & D Division; the latter includes £625,000 towards the cost of research into the novel features of the advanced passenger train to support prototype development.