§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much funding(a) Her Majesty's Government and (b) each other EU member state provided to the European Space Agency in the last year for which figures are available. [78945]
§ Mr. Battle[holding answer 30 March 1999]: The UK's commitment to the European Space Agency in 1998 amounted to 186 MEuros. Other ESA Member States' commitments, including those which are not EU Member States, were as follows (also in MEuros):
Member States Amount France 632 Germany 553 Italy 269 Belgium 125 Spain 93 Netherlands 78 Switzerland 72 Sweden 60 Austria 30 Denmark 24 Norway 22 Finland 14 Ireland 6