§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy, pursuant to the answer of 6 June,Official Report, columns 617–18, if he will give for each year from 1979–80 to 1990–91 spending figures for research funded by his Department into renewables consistent with those given in that answer.
§ Mr. WakehamThe figures are given in the table:
Renewables £ million Money terms 1990–91 real terms Per cent. of total R&D expenditure 1979–80 8.2 17.5 4.7 1980–81 11.3 20.4 5.1 1981–82 15.3 25.1 6.4 1982–83 12.7 19.5 5.2 1983–84 11.9 17.4 5.0 1984–85 14.9 20.8 6.4 1985–86 13.6 18.0 6.1 1986–87 12.5 16.0 6.5 1987–88 16.1 19.6 9.1 1988–89 16.3 18.5 8.6 1989–90 17.9 19.1 10.0 1990–91 20.3 20.3 11.3 Notes:
1979–80 and 1980–81 figures are taken from Departmental records 120W and do not include associated Departmental staff costs.
1981–82 to 1987–88 are taken from the "Annual Review of Government Funded R&D" and cover R&D plus associated Departmental staff costs (ie Frascati R&D). 1988–89 figures are calculated on the same basis.
1989–90 figures are forecast outturn and 1990–91 figures are taken from Estimates. These do not include associated Departmental staff costs. The 1989–90 figure may be subject to end year adjustment.