§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the final outturn, and what is the present forecast of schemes presented in tables 11 and 12 of his Department's expenditure plans; what were the figures for 1990–91 and 1991–92; and what was the outturn for 1989–90 in real terms.
§ Mr. LilleyThe information requested is set out in the following tables.
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Table 1 Collaborative R&D: Outputs Outturn 1989–90 Outturn 1990–91 Forecast 1991–92 Link1 Number of Programmes 11 6 3 Projects 38 90 75 Participants 123 309 230 SMEs 19 51 38 Total Project costs (£m) 23.1 (26.6)2 43.4 45 Eureka Number of Projects 10 18 35 Participants 23 21 40 SMEs 10 4 10 Total UK eligible Project costs (£m) 9.9 (11.4)2 32 60
Outturn 1989–90 Outturn 1990–91 Forecast 1991–92 Advanced Technology Programmes Number of Programmes 8 6 8 Projects 89 58 64 Participants 164 222 254 SMEs 69 64 72 Total Project costs (£m) 74 (85.3)2 44.3 50.7 Research and Technology Organisations Number of Programmes 19 19 20 Projects 146 42 100 Total Project costs (£m) 36.4 (42.0)2 21.2 37
Table 2 Industrial Innovation Expenditure £ million Programme Outturn 1989–90 Outturn 1990–91 Forecast 1991–92 Forecast 1992–93 Forecast 1993–94 Collaborative R and D Closed schemes 21 8 4 0.5 — Open schemes 37 45.75 59 61 70 Technology Transfer and Other R and D 18(11)1 18.38 23 21.5 20 Single Company Support Closed schemes 11 2.2 1 — — SMART and New schemes 6 9.17 13 17 20 93(86)1 83.5 100 100 110 1 The figures in brackets relate to £7 million transferred from the Innovation Budget to the Measurement and Technology Support Budget. The outturn of £93 million in 1989–90 represents £107.2 million in real terms (uprated to 1991–92 prices using the GDP deflators described in Note 2 to Table 1 above).