HC Deb 14 November 1996 vol 285 cc313-5W
Mr. Ingram

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those companies which have received launch aid in each year since 1979 and the level of support given. [3694]

Mr. Greg Knight

[holding answer 13 November 1996]: The information is as follows, in £ million:

Westland Helicopters Ltd. British Aerospace Plc Short Brothers Plc Rolls-Royce (1971) Ltd. and Rolls-Royce Plc
1979–80 0 0 0 75.4
1980–81 0 0 0 67.1
1981–82 0 0 0 92.6
1982–83 10.0 0 0 53.5
1983–84 10.7 0 0 74.6
1984–85 17.7 46.5 0 20.0
1985–86 8.6 73.0 0 22.7
1986–87 5.7 86.0 0 27.3
1987–88 8.1 44.5 0 0
1988–89 9.9 87.8 0 0
1989–90 10.1 122.5 0 0
1990–91 7.1 134.0 0 0
1991–92 5.1 73.5 0 0
1992–93 2.8 28.6 0 0
1993–94 0.6 0 0 0
1994–95 2.0 0 0 0
1995–96 0 0 16.4 0

Mr. Ingram

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what were the launch aid receipts for each year from 1979. [3693]

Mr. Knight

[holding answer 13 November 1996]: The information is as follows, in £ million:

  • 1979–80: 4.3
  • 1980–81: 9.9
  • 1981–82: 9.3
  • 1982–83: 11.4
  • 1983–84: 9.2
  • 1984–85: 11.8
  • 1985–86: 16.4
  • 1986–87: 24.5
  • 1987–88: 27.3
  • 1988–89: 21.5
  • 1989–90: 42.4
  • 1990–91: 51.8
  • 1991–92: 83.0
  • 1992–93: 75.7
  • 1993–94: 55.3
  • 1994–95: 46.9
  • 1995–96: 51.7.

The total amount of launch aid levy receipts recorded by my Department for the financial years 1961–62 to 1995–96 inclusive is £602.7 million, not £597.7 million as previously published in my answer to the hon. Member on 30 October 1996, Official Report, column 152.

Mr. Ingram

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what level of support was paid to the aerospace industry under the launch aid programme in each year since 1979. [3692]

Mr. Knight

[holding answer 13 November 1996]: The information is as follows, in £ million:

  • 1979–80: 75.4
  • 1980–81: 67.1
  • 1981–82: 92.6
  • 1982–83: 63.5
  • 1983–84: 85.3
  • 1984–85: 84.2
  • 1985–86: 104.3
  • 1986–87: 119.0
  • 1987–88: 52.6
  • 1988–89: 97.7
  • 1989–90: 132.6
  • 1990–91: 141.1
  • 1991–92: 78.6
  • 1992–93: 31.4
  • 1993–94: 0.6
  • 1994–95: 2.0
  • 1995–96: 16.4.

The total amount of launch aid recorded by my Department as having been allocated towards civil aeronautics projects between the 1961–62 and 1995–96 financial years is £1,532.4 million, not £968.1 million as previously published in my answer to the hon. Member on 30 October 1996, Official Report, column 152.