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To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of the grants for research and development they provided to the United Kingdom aerospace industry in each of the financial years 1997–98 to 2007–08. [HL1069]
The value of aerospace grants for research and development (R&D) to the UK civil aerospace industry in each of the financial years 1997-98 to 2007-08 is as follows:
Year Research Grants Commitments 1997-98 £20.0 million 1998-99 £20.0 million 1999-00 £20.0 million 2000-01 £20.0 million 2001-02 £20.0 million 2002-03 £20.0 million 2003-04 £20.0 million 2004-05 £56.8 million 2005-06 £79.1 million 2006-07 £16.2 million 2007-08 £84.7 million
These figures do not include the value of contracted research work, for example within the defence programme, which is not funded through grants.