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Wave Energy

Volume 20: debated on Monday 15 March 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for Energy how much has been spent on wave energy projects by his Department for each of the last six years at constant prices.

Expenditure on wave energy projects by my Department for each financial year since 1978–79, converted to 1981–82 prices using the GDP market price deflator has been as follows:

Council House Sales: 1981
Number of ApplicationsNumber of Sales
Right to buyVoluntaryApplications accepted*Right to buyVoluntary
Alyn and Deeside501476200
Colwyn25385
Delyn5442530101197
Glyndwr558577160
Rhuddlan35934780
Wrexham Maelor1,5011,101297
Clwyd3,465553,031838282
* Information on the number of voluntary applications accepted is not collected centrally.

Financial Year

Expenditure
£000's

1978–792,713
1979–803,883
1980–813,689
1981–82

*3,900

* Forecast.

I regret that the figures for earlier years could only be extracted at disproportionate cost.