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Mr. Jim Cunningham
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much funding (a) Her Majesty's Government and (b) each other EU member state provided to the European Space Agency in the last year for which figures are available. [78945]
Mr. Battle
[holding answer 30 March 1999]: The UK's commitment to the European Space Agency in 1998 amounted to 186 MEuros. Other ESA Member States' commitments, including those which are not EU Member States, were as follows (also in MEuros):
| Member States | Amount |
| France | 632 |
| Germany | 553 |
| Italy | 269 |
| Belgium | 125 |
| Spain | 93 |
| Netherlands | 78 |
| Switzerland | 72 |
| Sweden | 60 |
| Austria | 30 |
| Denmark | 24 |
| Norway | 22 |
| Finland | 14 |
| Ireland | 6 |