HC Deb 04 May 1994 vol 242 cc509-10W
Mr. Davidson

To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) how much money has returned to the Government as partial repayment of launch aid for aircraft and engine programmes in each of the last 25 years;

(2) how much public money has been used in launch aid for specific aircraft and engine programmes in each of the last 25 years.

Mr. Sainsbury

[holding answers 3 May 1994]: The information is as follows:

£ million
Airframes (including helicopters) Aeroengines
Year Payments Receipts Payments Receipts
1969–70 0.2 1.9 0.1 1.5
1970–71 0 1.0 0.7 2.3
1971–72 0 0.4 56.6 1.5
1972–73 0 0.4 49.2 1.3
1973–74 1.6 0.4 15.7 1.3
1974–75 1.6 5.2 41.4 1.6
1975–76 2.1 0.5 3.1 2.7
1976–77 2.0 0.4 10.6 2.6
1977–78 0.5 0.3 0 14.6
1978–79 0 0.4 16.0 6.8
1979–80 0 0.4 105.1 4.0
1980–81 0 0.5 62.2 8.7
1981–82 0 0.4 92.6 8.3
1982–83 10.0 0.4 53.7 12.7
1983–84 10.7 0.4 74.3 7.9
1984–85 64.2 0.4 19.9 10.2
1985–86 81.6 0.5 22.7 15.2
1986–87 91.7 0.5 27.3 22.2
1987–88 52.6 0.4 0 28.3
1988–89 97.7 0.3 0 21.5
1989–90 133.6 10.5 0 31.9
1990–91 141.1 34.5 0 17.3
1991–92 78.7 55.7 0 27.3

Airframes (including helicopters) Aeroengines
Year Payments Receipts Payments Receipts
1992–93 31.4 41.1 0 33.6
1993–94 0.6 29.5 0 123.8
1 Provisional figure.

Note:

All amounts are at cash prices.

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