Atomic Energy

HC Deb 09 December 1988 vol 143 cc373-4W

Mr. Blair

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what was the budget allocation to atomic energy research made by his Department for each financial year from 1979–80 to 1988–89; and what is his Department's anticipated expenditure for 1989–90.

Mr. Michael Spicer

Expenditure was, and is expected to be, as follows:

	£ million
1979–80	146
1980–81	188
1981–82	203
1982–83	212
1983–84	204
1984–85	196
1985–86	190
1986–87	158
1987–88	141
1988–89	145

Notes: Figures are rounded to the nearest million. The 1979–80 and 1980–81 figures are outturn figures taken from the 1983–84 Public Expenditure White Paper. Outturn figures for 1981–82 to 1986–87 are based on the Cabinet Office annual reviews of Government funded R and D which were first published in 1984. Figures for the years before 1986–87, when the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority was put on a trading fund basis, include some expenditure on non-R and D work. Figures for 1987–88 and 1988–89 are the costs incurred and expected to be incurred by the UKAEA on nuclear R and D work for the Department. Expenditure forecasts for 1989–90 will be published in the 1989 Public Expenditure White Paper.