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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Mr. Page: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the resource amount is of the funds that have been directed towards the CERN project. [139062] Ms Hewitt: CERN is the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, an international organisation established in 1954 in Geneva. The UK is a founder member. The total resource allocated to the UK subscription to CERN over the previous three years and the projected figures for 2003-4 to 2007-08 are shown below1. Total resource for UK subscription to CERN _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million 1999-00 48.8 2000-1 69.1 2001-2 66.2 2002-3 68.9 2003-4 71.5 2004-5 71.4 2005-6 72.1 2006-7 72.1 2007-8 72.1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In addition, the UK is supporting the construction and operation of a number of experiments at CERN as part of its domestic particle physics budget. The total resource allocated to this over the previous five years and the projected figures for 2003-4 to 2005-06 are shown below. UK domestic expenditure on construction and operation of CERN experiment £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997-8 1998-9 1999-00 2000-1 2001-2 2002-3 2003-4 2004-5 2005-6 LHC 0 8.3 10.1 11.2 16.8 23 26.7 27.6 24.0 Other 3.5 3.2 2.4 2.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 Total: 3.5 11.6 12.6 13.3 17.4 23.4 27.0 27.8 24.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The figures are in pounds and UK financial years, but the subscription is actually set in Swiss Francs and calendar years, and also varies according to the UK's net national income in comparison to that of other Member States. The figures for 2003-4 and onwards are latest, estimates.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

139062; 413 c1419-20W;413 c1415-8W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Finance Laboratories Nuclear physics CERN Particle accelerators

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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