§ Mr. FabricantTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list242W the cost of all research undertaken by his Department since May 1997, excluding the cost of green papers and other public consultation documents drafted by his officials; and if he will list in each case the organisations which undertook that research. [52693]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe provision for DETR research spend in 1997/98 and the planned spend for 1998/99 were published in March in `DETR Opportunities for Research and Development', which is available on the DETR Website. A summary is given in the table. Records on all research contractors are not currently kept centrally. This information is now being collected with a view to publishing it in the next edition of `DETR Opportunities for Research and Development'. I will arrange for this information to be sent to the hon. Gentleman when it is ready.
DETR science and technology expenditure £ million Research area Provision 1997–1998 Plan 1998–1999 Air Quality 9.7 9.7 Global Atmosphere 13.56 13.56 Radioactive Substances 0.88 0.88 Water and Contaminated Land 3.5 3.5 Chemicals and Biotechnology 3.0 3.0 Noise 0.45 0.45 Environmental Policy Analysis 0.45 0.45 Waste Policy 0.25 0.25 Planning and Minerals 3.7 3.7 Countryside 1.3 1.4 Darwin Initiative 3.0 3.0 Local Government 0.82 0.8 Housing and Regeneration 6.5 6.5 Construction 22.9 22.0 Environment Technology ETBPP and ETIS 0.25 0.25 Land Transport 18.1 18.8 Road Safety 4.3 4.5 Vehicle Standards and Engineering 5.9 6.2 Urban and Local Transport 4.8 4.8 National Roads Policy 1.2 1.3 Cross-cutting central programmes 1.9 2.0 Civil Aviation Services 0.7 0.4 Transport Security 1.7 1.7 Highways Agency 12.8 13.2 Total Research and Development 103.56 103.54 Technology Transfer Construction 0.5 0.5 Environment Technology EEBPP and ETIS 2.5 2.5 Energy Efficiency 15.0 15.0 Total Science and Technology 121.56 121.54