§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of Slate for Trade and Industry if he will publish in the Official Report 361W a statement on the contribution to the accumulated development costs of Concorde made by the revenues from the operation of the aircraft in the three most convenient recent years.
§ Mr. PattieNo direct contribution to accumulated development costs has derived from the in-service operating revenues of the aircraft. However, British responsibility for the in-service support of Concorde was transferred to British Airways on 1 April 1984, at which time the airline made a total payment of £16.5 million to the Government in respect of the Government's stock of Concorde airframe and engine spares and the agreed proportion of the airline's estimated aggregate surplus on its Concorde operations to that date.