§ Mr. MaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 26 April,Official Report, columns 614–16, if he will provide the same information in real terms.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information requested is detailed in the table and is derived directly from the figures given in the answer of 26 April. These have been converted to real terms and adjusted to 1990 prices using the GDP deflator.
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1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Biomass2 0.2 0.7 0.7 1.8 1.0 1.5 1.1 1.7 2.7 1.7 1.5 Tide 1.3 2.5 0.7 — — 0.4 0.1 0.1 1.7 1.4 1.2 Hydro/general studies — — — — — — — — 1.0 0.9 0.8 Technology Transfer and promotion — — — — — — — — 0.9 1.1 1.7 ETSU services 2.9 3.9 3.8 3.1 2.8 2.9 2.6 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.9 17.2 20.1 28.5 22.6 17.1 20.6 17.5 15.4 19.9 18.1 19.0 External contributions 1.5 1.6 3.1 4.9 2.9 4.6 2.8 4.0 4.8 5.3 5.6 Total 18.7 21.7 31.7 27.5 20.1 25.2 20.2 19.4 24.6 23.5 24.6 1 Adjusted by implied GDP deflators based on expenditure data at factor cost. 2 Includes expenditure on "waste as a fuel" projects under the energy efficiency office demonstration scheme. Notes:
1 Where available external contributions include both private sector, generating boards and the European Commission.
2 Up to 1986–87 total for RED also includes expenditure on low head hydro and general studies to 1986–87. These are separately identified for 1987–88 and include work carried out by the chief scientist group ETSU.