HC Deb 10 March 1986 vol 93 cc349-50W
38. Mr. Yeo

asked the Secretary of State for Energy how much his Department has spent on research and development on renewable sources of energy in the last five years, compared to the spending in the five years 1974 to 1979.

Mr. David Hunt

Expenditure by my Department on research and development into the renewable sources of energy in the financial years 1980–81 to 1984–85 amounted to £68 million compared with £15.8 million in the period 1975–76 to 1979–80.