HC Deb 25 February 1998 vol 307 c260W
Mr. Key

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if, under his applied research programme he will list technology demonstrator projects by value, stating in each case(a) the spin off benefits of defence research into the private sector and (b) civil technologies applied to defence. [29521]

Mr. Spellar

[holding answer 18 February 1998]: Technology demonstration within the Applied Research Programme, as opposed to that technology demonstration which is part of project development, is not separately identified. The information requested is therefore not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.