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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her answer of 27 January 1998, Official Report, column 162, on research and development, what research her Department is assisting in Lancashire; and if she will list the assisted projects in Chorley. [28453] Mr. Battle: We are assisting several projects in Lancashire through SPUR (Support for products under research) and SMART--feasibility projects for companies with up to 50 employees. SPUR ended in April 1997 and became incorporated in the new SMART scheme. Grants for the last year are listed. No projects have been funded in the constituency of Chorley. The Office of Science and Technology also provides funding through its LINK programme. Support is also provided for basic and strategic research undertaken in Higher Education Institutes. Information on expenditure by County is not held centrally. Most recent SPUR and SMART projects in the Lancashire area £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Scheme Company Offer date Offer amount Project title SMART Fluorogas Ltd., 16.12.97 41,512 High Purity Fluorine Thornton, Cleveleys Generator SPUR 95 B & M Longworth Ltd., 07.07.97 53,586 Chemical Reclamation Blackburn System SPUR95 Consultant Gas Eng. 31.07.97 147,000 Continuous Conveyor Kiln Ltd., Skelmersdale unit SPURA Custom Knight 31.07.97 102,000 Crusader Golf International Ltd., Preston SPUR95 Gledhill (Water Storage) 16.10.97 67,921 Electric Combi Ltd., Blackpool SPUR95 Group Eng Ltd., Leyland, 11.09.97 147,000 Lighting Panel Explosive Preston Envir SPUR 95 H W Communications, 22.05.97 103,515 Multifunctional Nested Lancaster Codec SPUR95 Helical Springs Ltd., 10.07.97 32,967 Small Gas Turbine System Lytham St. Annes SPUR95 Have Fun (Footwear 19.09.97 109,795 Low Cost Pu Wellington Ltd.), Accrington Mfg SPUR95 J Fairburn Ltd., Burnley 20.05.97 32,558 Portable Pipe Cutting Machine SPURA Milbrook Instruments 27.01.97 123,000 The Chemical Microscope Ltd., Blackburn SPUR95 Noral Micrologists Ltd., 22.05.97 101,498 Flex Bdm Project Blackburn SPUR 95 Systems Eng Lancaster 18.07.97 101,498 Electric Cavity Scanning Sonar SPUR95 J&W Gardner Eng., 23.04.97 37,500 First Six Wheel Tractor Lancaster _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

28453; 306 c659-60W;306 c658W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Industry Government assistance Lancashire Research LINK programme SMART awards

Contains statistics

Yes