§ Ann ClwydTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the total amount of public funds extended by her Department to companies attending defence trade shows for each year since 1990. [39245]
§ Mrs. RocheThe Department provided support to UK companies to attend defence and security exhibitions under the terms of the Trade Fair Support Scheme as detailed in the following table. Without conducting major research involving UK trade associations and overseas event organisers, it is not possible to separate defence trade shows specifically.
£ Year Total funding 1990–91 137,565 1991–92 979,527 1992–93 834,213 1993–94 878,490 1994–95 1,011,777 1995–96 1,114,799 1996–97 1,569,415 1997–98 1,202,676