Patent Office European Patents Special Reserve Fund (Hansard, 20 March 1997)

HC Deb 20 March 1997 vol 292 c778W 778W

§ Mr. Ingram
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what funds are currently held by the Patent Office European patents special reserve fund; and if he will make a statement. [21134]

Mr. John M. Taylor
The Patent Office 1995–96 annual report and accounts, laid before the House in July 1996, showed the European patents special reserve fund at 31 March 1996 to be £21.4 million. The Patent Office's 1996 corporate plan, placed in the Library of the House in April 1996 gives further details.