HC Deb 13 January 2004 vol 416 cc696-9W
Llevv Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much was spent on research, demonstration and development, since July 2001, on(a) active solar power, (b) passive solar power, (c) wave power, (d) tidal power, (e) geothermal powers, (f) onshore wind powers, (g) offshore wind powers, (h) biomass energy, (i) hydrogen conversion technologies, (j) fuel cells, (k) nuclear fission, (l) nuclear fusion, (m) clean coal,

million
1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Solar–Active (including PV) 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.7 1.7 2.0 5.3
Solar–Passive 2.8 2.6 2.9 2.2 1.6 1.5 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wave 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.9 0.9
Tidal 2.4 2.1 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.4
Geo Themal 2.0 1.5 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wind–Onshore 8.1 10.6 9.0 4.0 4.2 2.9 1.6 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.3 0.9
Wind–Offshore 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.8
Biomass 1.5 2.4 3.0 3.4 3.2 2.6 1.9 1.8 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.9
Fuel Cells 0.4 0.5 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.4
Nuclear (see Note 2) 93.6 85.5 76.9 28.4 21.7 21.4 17.6 14.2 16.8 16.8 16.4 16.7
Clean Coal 7.4 6.8 12.0 8.0 7.8 6.9 3.1 2.9 2.5 4.3 4.4 4.5
Combined Heat and Power 0.3 9.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.9 2.5 2.8 3.0

Notes:

1. Separate research programmes do not yet exist for hydrogen conversion technologies or combined-cycle gas.

2. Of DTI's total spend on nuclear R&D given above, about £15 million annually is on fusion research; there is. also some additional expenditure in support of Meteorological Office emergency response arrangements which currently accounts for approximately £2.1 million. Fusion expenditure for 2003—04 is £15.6 million. The Research Councils expenditure on fission was ca 300k pa in 2001–2 and 2002–3. In addition, £5 million has also been earmarked for fission research but has not yet been awarded.

3. The table sets out identified Government spend and excludes, for example, spending by Research Councils. Spending by relevant publicly owned utilities could not be separated in the manner requested without disproportionate cost.

4. DTI's sustainable energy R&D programme also includes support for activitieswhich are not technology specific, for example, export, commercialisation, marketing and international activities.

5. For combined heat and power, Govewrnment expenditure is through DEFRA.

Payment appropriations from EC Budget to Euratom and to the European Commission's joint research centre 1991–2003
€million
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
JRC 261 257 257 269 240 234 232 236 243 259 249 250 n/a
Euratom — — — — 156 235 261 176 426 173 187 200 86

Notes:

1. EC budget payments to Euratom began in 1995.

2. Euratom spending. Figures are based on payment appropriations in the available EC budget documents for 2001–2003 and reflect spending on the specific programme (Euratom) for research and training in the field of nuclear energy.

3. The main Euratom activities fall under budget titles 6 (Energy and Transport) and 8 (Research), as well as some external actions lines. The figures presented are based on payments made.

4. Nuclear expenditure currently accounts for approximately 28 per cent. of the JRC's budget.

My Department annually pays the UK's assessed contributions to the Regular Budget and to the Technical Co-operation Fund of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). These are as follows:

Annual payments to the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1995–20041
£ million
1995 Regular Budget Subscription 8.0
Technical Co-operation Fund 1.9
1996 Regular Budget Subscription 9.1
Technical Co-operation Fund 2.2
1997 Regular Budget Subscription 7.7
Technical Co-operation Fund 2.3
1998 Regular Budget Subscription 6.0
Technical Co-operation Fund 2.5
1999 Regular Budget Subscription 6.1
Technical Co-operation Fund 2.3

(n) combined heat and power and (o) combined-cycle gas by (i) the Department and (ii) relevant publicly owned utilities in each year since 1991; and what payments have been made to (A) Euratom, (B) the European Commission's joint research centres and (C) the International Atomic Energy Agency in each year since 1991. [146582]

Mr. Timms

Available information is set out in the tables.

Annual payments to the International Atomic Energy Agency

from 195–20041
2000 Regular Budget Subscription 6.3
Technical Co-operation Fund 2.4
2001 Regular Budget Subscription 6.6
Technical Co-operation Fund 2.6
2002 Regular Budget Subscription 27.5
Technical Co-operation Fund 2.5
2003 Regular Budget Subscription 8.0
2004 Regular Budget Subscription 37.6
Technicial Co-operation Fund 32.3
1 Comparable figures for years before 1995 are unavailable.
2 Corrected figure from that stated in Hansard 16 January 2003: column 792W.
3 Provisional

In addition to the regular annual payments, my Department has made additional small voluntary contributions, which are summarised annually as follows.

Voluntary contributions to the IAFA from 1999–20031
£ million
1999 0.2
2000 0.1
2001 0.3
2002 0.5
2003 20.8
1Comparable figures for years before 1999 are unavailable.
2Provisional