HC Deb 10 June 2002 vol 386 c982W
Mr. Key

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much the UK has contributed to the European Space Agency budget in each of the last five years. [58535]

Ms Hewitt

Figures for space expenditure contributed to the European Space Agency and co-ordinated through the British National Space Centre (BNSC) for each of the last five years, and for total civil space expenditure through BNSC, are as follows.

£million
ESA expenditure Total BNSC expenditure
1997–98 133.25 183.18
1998–99 129.82 184.99
1999–2000 107.08 172.62
2000–01 98.00 177.38
2001–02 97.13 169.18