§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the reason for the proposed reduction in expenditure between 1994–95 and 1995–96 on research and monitoring in the environment, as set out at figure 9 on environmental protection expenditure of his Department's annual report and expenditure plans 1994–95 to 1996–97, Cm 2507.
§ Mr. AtkinsDetails of expenditure within the environmental protection programme are given in figure 22 of Cm 2507. Funding of environmental protection research and monitoring increased by about 50 per cent. since the 1990 White Paper, "This Common Inheritance". Year-to-year variations in funding, should be expected as projects move from start-up to completion. For example, the period between 1994–95 and 1995–96 is dominated by the procurement spend profile of the advanced along track scanning radiometer satellite instrument, which is due for launch in 1998.