Speeches

Earl Attlee – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Earl Attlee on 2016-04-25.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent by them or Trinity House on the E-LORAN navigation system in each of the last 10 years.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

Expenditure on the eLoran navigation system by the Trinity House Research and Radio Navigation department for each of the last 10 years is as follows:

Exp (£000)

Income (£000)

Net Exp (£000)

07/08

194

-188

7

08/09

256

0

256

09/10

411

-234

176

10/11

606

-141

466

11/12

708

-200

508

12/13

573

-200

373

13/14

937

-200

737

14/15

1,001

-100

901

15/16

576

-100

476

Total

5,263

-1,363

3,900

The vast majority of funding for Trinity House, and therefore the R&RNAV department, is met by the General Lighthouse Fund.