§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade when he expects the results of the OFTEL consultancy study into the accounting separation of BT activities to be complete; and if he will place a copy in the Library as soon as it is complete.
Coal R&D expenditure in United Kingdom, United States of America and Japan Period 1985 to 1990
1985 £ million 1986 £ million 1987 £ million 1988 £ million 1989 £ million 1990 £ million United Kingdom 122.3 118.2 58.2 45.5 43.8 45.8 United States of America 179.5 170.8 140.7 243.7 245.3 472.2 Japan 159.9 152.7 159.2 175.9 137.3 134.5 Notes:
1. United Kingdom R&D expenditure on April-March financial year basis. Annual figures converted to 1990–91 base and inclusive of expenditure by DEn, DTI, DOE, SERC, CEGB, British Coal and British Gas.
2. Figures for USA and Japan extracted from IEA publication, "Energy policies of IEA countries—1991 reviews". Figures are published in 1991 $US which have been converted to £UK using the IEA average exchange rate of $1.764 to the £ for 1991.