§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the spending recipients of the science budget in the year 1997–98; what the allocation will be for 1998–99; and what are the planned figures for(a) 1999–2000 and (b) 2000–2001. [54580]
§ Mr. Battle[holding answer 31 July 1998]: The information for 1997–98 and 1998–99 is as follows:
Science budget allocations £ million Allocation 1997–98 Allocation 1998–99 BBSRC 183.300 186.549 ESRC 64.896 67.450 EPSRC 386.373 388.382 MRC 289.070 293.208 NERC 165.116 172.556 PPARC 191.850 191.628 International Subscription Reserve 8.800 15.213 CCLRC 1.450 1.462 Pensions 11.530 13.298 Royal Society 22.271 22.621 Royal Academy of Engineering 3.370 3.436 OST Initiatives 2.302 2.376 Joint Research Equipment Initiative — 4.147 LINK/Foresight — 1.000 Total 1,330.327 1,363.326 Because of the Comprehensive Spending Review there were no specific planning figures for the subsequent years. The allocations for 1999–2000 and 2000–01 will be announced in the autumn.