HC Deb 26 July 1984 vol 64 c787W
Mr. Fisher

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what organisations have received grants for the development of new data bases in each of the last two years;

(2) what expenditure he has made in each of the last two years for which statistics are available on grants for the development of new data bases;

(3) what projects for the development of new data bases he has supported in each of the last two years.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

Specific details of organisations and projects that have received grants for the development of new data bases are a matter of commercial confidentiality.

For the last two financial years, expenditure by the Department on database development projects was as follows:

  • 1982–83 £405,500 on five projects
  • 1983–84 £852,300 on eight projects

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