§ Mr. Patrick McNair-Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will estimate the total value in £ sterling likely to accrue from the future work at the Culham Centre on the Joint European Torus project over the following periods (a) from the present to the end of 1980, (b) from 1980 to 1985, and (c) from 1980 to 1990.
§ Mr. EadieThese figures are not available. The construction cost of the Joint European Torus is estimated at 7,500 million Belgian francs—about £120 million—over the five-year period 1978–9 to 1982, and the operating cost is likely to be £25 million a year from 1983 to 1990. The award of contracts will reflect the Community character of the project, and I would expect United Kingdom firms to obtain a reasonable share.