§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what investments have been made by his Department into research into electrically powered vehicles for each year since 1980.
§ Mr. Douglas Hogg[holding answer 20 February 1990]: Assistance given by my Department towards research into electrically powered vehicles for each year since 1980 is as follows:
Year Assistance (£) 1980 763,740 1981 658,223 1982 1,317,449 1983 1,541,799 1984 2,111,109 1985 2,169,772 1986 1,737,317 1987 816,995 1988 184,469 1989 Nil Total 11,300,873