§ Mr. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will now publish in the Official Report an updated version of his reply to the hon. Member for Kingswood (Mr. Aspinwall) on 27 July 1977 concerning Concorde costs, providing all figures at current survey prices.
§ Mr. Michael MarshallThe information about British and French Concorde expenditure and receipts given in the reply of 27 July 1977 to the hon. Member for Kingswood (Mr. Aspinwall) was updated in the reply of 8 May 1978 to that hon. Member. Up to 31 December 1978 British net expenditures on the Concorde project totalled £1.96 billion at 1979 Public Expenditure Survey prices; corresponding information about French expenditures is not available.