§ Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the latest position on research, demonstration and development expenditure on energy options and institutions. [90238]
§ Mr. WilsonThe latest available figures (2001–02) for direct Government expenditure on research, demonstration and development are as follows:
£ million Renewables 11 Nuclear fusion 14.3 Meteorological Office emergency response arrangements 2.1 Clean coal 4.1 Combined heat and power 2.4 Notes:
1. Of DTI's total spend on nuclear R&D given above, £14.3 million was on fusion research and £2.1 million in support of Meteorological Office emergency response arrangements. Expenditure on nuclear R&D by public sector bodies is set out in their annual reports and accounts and could not be provided in the manner requested without disproportionate cost.
2. The table sets out identified Government spend and excludes, for example, spending by research councils, which could not be separated in the manner requested without disproportionate cost.
3. DTI's New and Renewable Energy R&D programme also includes support for activities which are not technology specific, for example, export, commercialisation, marketing and international activities.
4. In 2001, payment appropriations from EC Budget to Euratom were 209 million euros and to the European Commission's Joint Research Centre 249.7 million euros.
5. UK payments to the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2002 were as follows:
IAEA Regular budget subscription—£6,261,011
IAEA Technical co-operation fund—£2,525,046.