HC Deb 18 January 1995 vol 252 cc490-1W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much public investment has been spent on research into the information super-highway by the Government for each of the financial years 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, and 1993–94; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Robert G. Hughes

Most of the public investment in research into leading-edge communications networks, or information super-highways, has focused on the joint academic network known as SuperJANET. The Higher Education Funding Council contributed £5.35 million and £8.06 million in the respective financial years 1992–93 and 1993–94 to the development of this multimedia broadband network for universities and other research institutions.

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