§ Mr. CollinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what sums are expected to be paid to the Government in sales levies to recoup launch investment by(a) British Aerospace, (b) Rolls-Royce and (c) other UK aerospace companies in each of the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [56479]
§ Mr. Battle[holding answer 26 October 1998]: Launch investment returns depend on the level of sales of the various aerospace products in which the Government have previously invested. We are expecting to receive, in total, over £100m in levies in each of the next ten years from a number of aerospace companies. Information about possible levies from individual companies is commercially confidential.
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£ million 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 BBSRC 185.739 198.299 202.994 208.189 ESRC 65.990 69.754 71.174 72.901 EPSRC 382.982 397.584 410.850 427.179 MRC 290.208 304.538 319.173 334.068 NERC1 168.819 178.530 181.757 187.457 report from time to time and also through the normal quarterly reports to the Dounreay Local Liaison Committee.