§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will state for each of the most recent 10 years the amount of expenditure by his Department on research and development, itemized by expenditure into nuclear, conventional and novel sources of electrical generating, conservation, and other expenditure.
§ Mr. Eadie:My Department was established in 1974. Its expenditure on its R and D programmes since that date is
1973–74£m. 1974–75£m. 1975–76£m. 1976–77£m. 1977–78 Estimate£m. A. Department of Energy— 1. Gas Standards 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 2. Offshore Oil and Gas Technology 2.1 4.9 6.4 9.6 14.6 3. New sources, conservation R and D Strategy— (a) Energy technology support unit .0 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.9 (b) Other domestic non-nuclear contacts .0 .0 0.1 0.3 1.1 4. International non-nuclear projects International Energy Agency .0 .0 0.1 0.5 2.1 5. Nuclear R and D other than UKAEA— (a) Tripartite Gas Centrifuge collaboration 9.7 7.8 15.2 17.0 9.0 (b) Euratom complementary programme 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 TOTAL 12.2 13.3 22.6 28.3 27.8 B. United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority— (a) Authority R and D 58.0 70.6 96.3 107.5 116.3* (b) Design and development contracts with industry 2.1 6.0 7.6 10.5 13.0 .0=Nil or less than £0.5m. * Out-turn figure.