HC Deb 25 July 1991 vol 195 cc828-9W
Mr. Cousins

To 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. Lilley

The information requested is set out in the following tables.

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).