§ 12. Lieut.-Colonel MOORE-BRABAZONasked the Secretary of State for Air if he will state what provision has been made in the Air Estimates for pure aeronautical research; and what percentage of the total Estimates is devoted to this Department?
Captain GUESTThe total provision made in the Air Estimates for carrying out research work is £1,147,000. This figure represents the sum which is devoted to all forms of experimental and research work carried out under the direction of the Air Ministry, and into this work enters a very substantial element of pure research, the cost of which it is not possible to extricate from the remainder of the Vote. It also includes a sum of £47,000, which is specifically confined to pure research work carried out at the National Physical Laboratory, at the Air Ministry Laboratory, and by the Aeronautical Research Committee, the Ordnance Committee and Research Department at Woolwich, and other joint establishments, and also by special consultants.