§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a table showing for each LINK programme(a) its year of commencement, (b) its total expenditure, (c) its expenditure in each year of operation, (d) the number of projects in each programme and (e) the planned expenditure for 1993–94.
§ Mr. WaldegraveI have been asked to reply.
The table shows Government expenditure for each LINK programme. Figures given for 1993–94 are for the period April to September 1993; the whole year expenditure estimate is £30 million. Government expenditure on LINK programmes is at least matched by industry.
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LINK programme and announcement date Projects Government spend £k1 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–942 Total February 1988 Molecular electronics 3 15.9 136.4 783.0 477.9 1,029.9 103.4 2,546.5 Advanced semiconductor materials 11 21.1 71.0 594.0 2,147.3 2,515.8 956.2 6,305.4 Industrial measurement systems 34 23.7 377.4 1,317.3 1,673.0 1,749.3 740.3 5,881.0 Eukaryotic genetic engineering 11 36.6 99.0 323.3 524.5 428.6 280.9 1,692.9 Nanotechnology 20 30.0 390.2 656.8 1,441.4 1,844.1 298.3 4,660.8 April 1988 Biotransformations 13 14.6 140.1 424.4 761.1 429.3 323.1 2,092.6 June 1988 Personal communications 15 9.5 62.9 669.3 1,089.3 1,459.8 369.5 3,660.3 Selective drug delivery and targeting 6 — 155.0 272.6 355.8 270.0 169.4 1,222.8 Construction maintenance and refurbishment 13 47.0 91.0 99.3 218.2 491.8 182.0 1,129.3 September 1988 Food processing sciences 33 — 288.0 416.6 1,761.7 1,862.0 826.7 5,155.0 April 1989 Ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration 9 — 1.4 7.4 297.8 461.9 176.8 945.3 Optoelectronic systems 26 — 4.9 132.4 1,865.3 3,549.1 1,862.1 7,413.8 May 1989 Design of high speed machinery 23 — 533.6 241.2 573.9 1,634.4 563.5 3,546.6 Structural composites 15 — 74.5 95.1 529.3 933.3 347.0 1,979.2 June 1989 Protein engineering 14 — 7.0 43.4 267.6 1,344.6 716.6 2,379.2 Biochemical engineering 23 — 5.4 133.3 694.7 1,501.5 837.7 3,172.6 New catalysts and catalytic processes 11 — 11.0 18.8 215.5 770.6 362.3 1,378.2 July 1989 Power Electronic Devices and Derived Systems 15 — 102.4 423.5 867.1 1,097.2 314.1 2,804.3 September 1989 Control of Plant Metabolism 3 — — 10.0 57.4 211.2 83.5 362.1 Molecular Sensors 14 — 20.1 4.8 312.1 452.5 238.7 1,028.2 Technology for Analytical and Physical Measurement 28 — 33.1 109.8 761.5 1,113.1 594.4 2,611.9 April 1990 Transport Infrastructure and Operations 21 — — 26.1 246.0 293.5 283.0 848.6 June 1990 Asymmetric Synthesis 19 — — 20.4 28.4 263.1 74.7 386.6 Crops for Industrial Use 11 — — 161.2 290.4 412.4 376.8 1,240.8 October 1990 Enabling Technologies for Advanced Rotorcraft 2 — — — — 59.0 2.5 61.5 December 1990 Medical Implants 6 — — 10.0 151.0 420.0 252.4 833.4 Agro-Food Quality 21 — — — 44.0 547.0 480.9 1,071.9 April 1991 Hydrocarbon Reservoirs 7 — — — 90.0 239.5 140.5 470.0 July 1991 Technologies for Sustainable Farming Systems 12 — — — 15.1 192.8 202.7 410.6 September 1991 Enhanced Engineering Materials 1 — — — 28.6 29.2 31.9 89.7 April 1993 Biological Treatment of Soil and Water — — — — — — — — Cell Engineering — — — — — — — — June 1993 Personal Communications (Phase II) — — — — — — — — July 1993 High Performance Interfaces and Protocols — — — — — — — — Total 440 198.4 2,604.4 6,994.0 17,785.9 27,606.5 12,191.9 67,381.1 1 Industry's own spend will be at least equal to that of Government. 2 Spend as at 30 September 1993.