HC Deb 26 July 2000 vol 354 c644W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much money has been made available by his Department for the purposes of research into bioremediation in each of the past 10 years. [132099]

Mr. Byers

The table gives an estimate of the amount of money spent through the OST Science Budget to the academic community, and the DTI Innovation budget to industry for research into bioremediation.

£
1990–91 240,000
1991–92 110,000
1992–93 405,000
1993–94 785,000
1994–95 1,060,000
1995–96 1,620,000
1996–97 3,010,000
1997–98 3,770,000
1998–99 3,960,000
1999–2000 4,360,000