§ Mr. CarmichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent discussions her Department has held with companies regarding the conversion of fleet vehicles to alternative fuels. [51966]
§ Mr. WilsonI refer to my answer given to the hon. Member previously on 23 April 2002,Official Report, column 298W.
Sellafield
§ Mr. CarmichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the Health and Safety Executive were first informed that the sludge storage tanks in building B241 at Sellafield were leaking. [53632]
§ Mr. WilsonBNFL staff first discussed a suspected leak to ground from sludge tank number 4 in B241 with the Health and Safety Executive's nuclear inspectors at a meeting in October 1993.
British Aerospace
§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much financial assistance she granted to British Aerospace, and what the purpose was of each element, in each of the last five years. [53826]
§ Alan JohnsonIn March 2000 HMG committed £530 million to BAE SYSTEMS in launch investment towards the design and development costs of the wings for the Airbus A380 "superjumbo". This commitment was subsequently novated to Airbus UK in anticipation of the restructuring of Airbus from a consortium to a single integrated company, which took effect in July 2001.
In the past 5 years British Aerospace / BAE SYSTEMS received the following funding for a number of projects under the DTI's civil aeronautics research programme:
£million Year 1997–98 2.8 1998–99 2.1 1999–2000 3.4 2000–01 2.0 2001–02 1.5 Following the restructuring of Airbus, a number of the civil aeronautics research projects-which had a value of £1.1 million in 2001–02—were novated to Airbus UK.
The company has also participated in a number of LINK collaborative projects, part-funded by DTI.