Airbus (Hansard, 20 June 1994)

HC Deb 20 June 1994 vol 245 c3W 3W

§ Sir Teddy Taylor
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will raise at the next meeting of the European Council the desirability of publishing the overall profit or loss of the airbus project and the amount of public or state industry financial commitment so far contributed.

§ Mr. Sainsbury
No. It is for the Airbus Industrie and its partners to decide what financial information it will publish.
The United Kingdom Government have contributed £746.4 million towards British Aerospace's involvement in the consortium and has recouped £178.3 million to date.