HC Deb 24 March 1993 vol 221 c604W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give the annual total costs of the four largest European science and social science research projects.

Mr. Jackson

Several of the largest European collaborative science organisations fund a variety of projects and programmes from within a single core budget. Available information on specific projects, covering 1993 in-year capital and research costs, indicates that the largest research projects will be four European Space Agency programmes, as follows:

1993 expenditure
Programme £million
Columbus
European element for International Space Station; development of Columbus Polar Platform; studies for future European Space Station 330
Ariane
Satellite Launcher 643
Hermes
Manned space flight study 159
ERS
European Remote Sensing Satellite 115

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