HC Deb 25 February 1987 vol 111 cc298-9W
Mr. Willie W. Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State far Trade and Industry if he publish in the Official Report a table showing the totals of bankruptcies and company liquidations as at each January and July since July 1979.

Mr. Howard

The information requested is given in the table.

European Commission in Brussels and details of individual grants are not normally available to Government. There is no formal allocation to member states but United Kingdom organisations are active participants in all of these programmes and United Kingdom receipts are usually close to our share of the programme budget. The schemes listed in the table are open to private companies, public sector research organisations and academic institutions.

Programmes Period Expenditure1

(£m)
ESPRIT (European Strategic Programme for Research and Development in Information Technology) 1984–88 21.0
RACE (Research and Development in Advanced Communications Technologies in Europe) 1985–86 (Definition phase) 1.4
BRITE (Basic Research in Industrial Technologies for Europe) 1985–88 4.4
Advanced Materials and Raw Materials 1986–89 2.0
Technical Reference Standards 1983–87 0.7
Biotechnology 1985–89 1.5
1 Expected United Kingdom share of average annual programme budget.

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