§ Mr. SheermanTo 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. ByersThe 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