To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give for each year from 1979–80 to 1991–92 inclusive the outturn estimate, provision or planned expenditure on research funded by his Department into (a) coal technology, (b) nuclear power and (c) energy efficiency expressing these figures in (i) money terms, (ii) 1990–91 real terms and (iii) as a percentage of his Department's total research expenditure.
Figures for the years up to and including 1990–91 are given in the table. Figures for 1991–92 are not available separately but are incorporated in table 5.1 of chapter 5 of the 1990 public expenditure White Paper (Cm. 1005).
Money terms £ million
| 1990–91 real terms £ million
| Percentage of total R and D expenditure
| |
(a) Coal technology
| |||
| 1979–80 | 1·8 | 3·8 | 1·0 |
| 1980–81 | 2·7 | 4·9 | 1·2 |
| 1981–82 | 4·9 | 8·0 | 2·1 |
| 1982–83 | 3·4 | 5·2 | 1·4 |
| 1983–84 | 3·4 | 5·0 | 1·4 |
| 1984–85 | 0·9 | 1·3 | 0·4 |
| 1985–86 | 0·8 | 1·1 | 0·4 |
| 1986–87 | 1·9 | 2·4 | 1·0 |
| 1987–88 | 1·4 | 1·7 | 0·8 |
| 1988–89 | 0·9 | 1·0 | 0·5 |
| 1989–90 | 2·6 | 2·8 | 1·5 |
| 1990–91 | 7·6 | 7·6 | 4·2 |
(b) Nuclear energy
| |||
| 1979–80 | 145·5 | 310·6 | 83·6 |
| 1980–81 | 188·0 | 339·1 | 84·7 |
| 1981–82 | 203·2 | 333·8 | 85·1 |
| 1982–83 | 212·4 | 325·4 | 86·9 |
| 1983–84 | 203·8 | 298·3 | 85·7 |
| 1984–85 | 196·2 | 273·6 | 84·6 |
| 1985–86 | 189·6 | 250·9 | 85·4 |
| 1986–87 | 159·7 | 204·4 | 83·0 |
| 1987–88 | 141·0 | 171·4 | 79·9 |
| 1988–89 | 159·3 | 180·7 | 83·8 |
| 1989–90 | 140·9 | 150·1 | 74·5 |
| 1990–91 | 128·9 | 128·9 | 72·0 |
(c) Energy efficiency
| |||
| 1979–80 | 1·4 | 3·0 | 0·8 |
| 1980–81 | 3·1 | 5·6 | 1·4 |
| 1981–82 | 2·5 | 4·1 | 1·0 |
| 1982–83 | 4·5 | 6·9 | 1·8 |
| 1983–84 | 7·0 | 10·2 | 2·9 |
| 1984–85 | 6·2 | 8·6 | 2·7 |
| 1985–86 | 3·3 | 4·4 | 1·5 |
| 1986–87 | 3·8 | 4·9 | 2·0 |
| 1987–88 | 4·1 | 5·0 | 2·3 |
| 1988–89 | 2·9 | 3·3 | 1·5 |
| 1989–90 | 8·0 | 8·5 | 4·5 |
| 1990–91 | 11·0 | 11·0 | 6·1 |
Notes:
1. 1979–80 and 1980–81 figures include some non-R and D expenditure but do not include associated Departmental staff costs.
2. 1981–82 to 1987–88 are taken from the "Annual Review of Government Funded R and D" and cover R and D plus associated Departmental staff costs (ie Frascati R and D). 1988–89 figures are calculated on the same basis.
3. 1989–90 figures are forecast outturn and 1990–91 figures are taken from Estimates. These are R and D only and do not include associated Departmental staff costs. The 1989–90 figure may be subject to end year adjustment.