§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what his Department has spent on research and development within the environmental industry in each year since 1992–93. [1160]
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§ Mr. Ian TaylorThe Department has supported research and development on technologies with a specific environmental function as follows:
£ million 1992–93 2.09 1993–94 2.05 1994–95 1.49 Total 5.63 In the same period my Department spent £69.9 million on new and renewable technologies and £19.7 million on clean coal technologies.
Some of the research and development supported under general DTI programmes, such as SMART—small firms merit award for research and technology—SPUR—support for products under research—Link and EUREKA, and through the OST's funding of the research councils, will also be relevant to the environmental technology industries.