HC Deb 06 June 1989 vol 154 cc62-6W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what proportion of the spending of the EEC Sprint programme was spent in Britain in each year of the programme's existence; and if he will list the projects and agencies supported by Sprint in Britain since the programme started.

Mr. Forth

The detailed breakdown of funding requested by the hon. Gentleman is unavailable. However, during the 1984–88 Sprint pilot phase, it is possible to attribute at least 2.3 million ecu to United Kingdom beneficiaries out of Sprint funding of 18.63 million ecu. Excluding funding of 2.73 million ecu for EC groups and associations (eg EuroTechAlert) the United Kingdom proportion of the Sprint budget amounted to 14.5 per cent.

The list indicates that 80 United Kingdom contractors received support for 123 projects under Sprint since the programme began.

Contractors supported under Sprint
Contractors Projects
Smida Herts 2
Mackintosh Beds 1
British Executive Overseas London 1
Newtech Clwyd 3
Worldtech Ventures Ltd. London 1
I.C.O.M Yorks 2
Scottish Development Agency Lanarks 7
New Products-EC Gloucester 3
Nesda Aberdeen 1
Europa Industrial Products Berks 2
Wintcch Cardiff 2
Shekell-Mooring Herts 2
Shekell Mooring International Licensing Herts 1
North of England Development Council Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1
Kelvington International London 1
C.T.A. (Cosgrove) Berks 2
QMC-Wolfson Fire and Materials CNT London 1
PIRA Surrey 1
University of Bath Bath 1
Macro Group London 1
Mari Advanced Microelectronics Ltd. Gateshead 1
Institute of Physics London 2
P.T.R.C. London 1

Contractors Projects
Scottish Development and Industry Edinburgh 1
BSRIA Berkshire 3
Licensing Executives Society (Britain and Ireland) London 1
Newcastle-upon-Tyne University (Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies) Tyne and Wear 2
Peat Marwick McLintock London 1
United Kingdom Science Park Association Birmingham 1
BHRA, The Fluid Engineering Centre Bedford 1
City University London London 1
SATRA Footwear Technology Centre Northamptonshire 1
Institution of Mechanical Engineers London 1
Glasgow Business School Glasgow 1
C.T.A. Economic and Export Analysis Berkshire 1
Technology Exchange (Ex GLEB) London 1
The Technology Exchange Bedford 1
P.E. Consulting Ltd. Surrey 3
Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale Yorkshire 4
Purvis and Company St. Andrews 1
Life Business Development Agency Lanarkshire 1
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh 3
Lanarkshire Industrial Field Executive Ltd. Lanarkshire 1
Worldtech Ventures Ltd. London 1
Scottish Enterprise Foundation Stirling 1
Pax Technology Transfer London 3
Deloitte Haskins and Sells (UK) London 1
Capital Partners International London 1
Technology International Exchange London 2

Contractors Projects
March Technologies Limited Manchester 2
Sallingbury Casey Ltd. London 1
European Technology Entrepreneurs Centre Belfast 2
TRC-Education and Research Services Ltd London 1
University of Surrey Surrey 1
Design Council London 2
TWA-The Welding Institute Cambridge 2
Building Research Establishment Hertfordshire 1
Production Engineering Research Association Leicestershire 2
Trada-Timber Research and Development Association Buckinghamshire 4
Satra Footwear Technology Centre Northamptonshire 3
Warrington Fire Research Centre Cheshire 2
B.C.S.A. London 1
Shirley Institute Manchester 2
BCIRA Birmingham 1
B.C.R. Ltd Staffordshire 1
Paint Research Association Middlesex 2
Campden Food Preservation Research Association Wiltshire 1
British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association Surrey 1
ERA Technology Surrey 2
British Textile Technology Group Leeds 1
Leatherhead Food Research Association Surrey 2
British Maritime Technology Ltd Tyne and Wear 1
Technology Policy Unit Aston Birmingham 1
NRDC London 1

Contractors Projects
Sheffield City Council Sheffield 2
Cleveland County Council Cleveland 1
PE Inbucon West Midlands 1
Mr. McMullan Antrim 2
Total 123