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Judy Mallaber
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many projects have been supported by her Department's Innovation Budget involving technical textiles; and what funding was provided in each case. [120095]
Ms Hewitt
My Department has supported 25 Technical Textile projects under the Innovation Budget with a total of £4,136,121 in financial support. The projects related to the application of technical textile technology and innovation in the following sectors:
- Construction and Geo-textiles
- 3 projects with total of £391,981insupport
- Electronics and communications
- 2 projects with total of £292,772 in support
- Medical
- I project with total of £155,400 in support
- Personal Protection
- 3 projects with total of £441,982 in support
- Sport and Leisure
- 3 projects with total of £881,175 in support
- Transportation and defence equipment
- 3 projects with total of £346,386 in support
- Multi-sectoral
- 10 projects with applications in more than one sector with total of £1,636,425 in support.