§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give for each year from 1979–80 to 1992–93 inclusive the spending or proposed spending on research funded by his Department into(a) coal technology, (b) nuclear power, (c) energy efficiency and (d) renewables expressing these figures in (i) money terms, (ii) 1991–92 real terms and (iii) as a percentage of his Department's total research expenditure.
§ Mr. Wakeham[holding answer 21 November 1991]: Figures for the years up to and including 1991–92 are as follows. Figures for 1992–93 are not yet available but will be published in the Department of Energy's departmental report in February 1992.
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(a) Coal technology Money terms £ million 1991–92 real terms Percentage of total research and development expenditure 1979–80 1.8 4.2 1.0 1980–81 2.7 5.3 1.2 1981–82 4.9 8.8 2.1 1982–83 3.4 5.7 1.4
Money terms £ million 1991–92 real terms Percentage of total research and development expenditure 1983–84 3.4 5.4 1.4 1984–85 0.9 1.4 0.4 1985–86 0.8 1.2 0.4 1986–87 1.9 2.7 1.0 1987–88 1.4 1.9 0.8 1988–89 0.9 1.1 0.5 1989–90 1.7 2.0 1.0 1990–91 11.4 12.2 6.9 1991–92 2.6 2.6 1.9
(b) Nuclear power Money terms £ million 1991–92 real terms Percentage of total R and D expenditure 1979–80 145.5 338.3 83.6 1980–81 188.0 369.2 84.7 1981–82 203.2 363.9 85.1 1982–83 212.4 355.1 86.9 1983–84 203.8 325.7 85.7 1984–85 196.2 298.6 84.6 1985–86 189.6 273.4 85.4 1986–87 159.7 222.9 83.0 1987–88 141.0 186.7 79.9 1988–89 159.3 196.9 83.8 1989–90 135.9 157.6 78.0 1990–91 132.8 142.1 71.1 1991–92 92.9 92.9 68.1
(c) Energy efficiency Money terms £ million 1991–92 real terms Percentage of total R and D expenditure 1979–80 1.4 3.3 0.8 1980–81 3.1 6.1 1.4 1981–82 2.5 4.5 1.0 1982–83 14.5 7.5 1.8 1983–84 17.0 11.2 2.9 1984–85 16.2 9.4 2.7 1985–86 3.3 4.8 1.5 1986–87 3.8 5.3 2.0 1987–88 4.1 5.4 2.3 1988–89 2.9 3.6 1.5 1989–90 8.2 9.5 4.7 1990–91 11.0 11.8 5.9 1991–92 12.4 12.4 9.1
(d) Renewables Money terms £ million1991–92 real terms Percentage of total R and D expenditure 1979–80 8.2 19.1 4.7 1980–81 11.3 22.2 5.1 1981–82 15.3 27.4 6.4 1982–83 12.7 21.2 5.2 1983–84 11.9 19.0 5.0 1984–85 14.9 22.7 6.4 1985–86 13.6 19.6 6.1 1986–87 12.5 17.4 6.5 1987–88 16.1 21.3 9.1 1988–89 16.3 20.1 8.6 1989–90 17.9 20.8 10.3 1990–91 20.8 22.2 11.2 1991–92 24.0 24.0 17.6 Notes:
1. 1979–80 and 1980–81 figures include some non-R & D expenditure.
2. 1981–82 to 1988–89 are taken from the "Annual Review of Government Funded R & D". These figures relate essentially to 143W Frascati R & D and take no account of technology transfer and dissemination expenditure (with the exception of asterisked energy efficiency figures).
3. 1989–90 and 1990–91 figures are final outturn and do include 144W technology transfer and dissemination expenditure.
4. 1991–92 figures are taken from Main Supply Estimates and also include technology transfer and dissemination expenditure.