§ Mr. R. Morganasked the Lord President of the Council what is the present approximate annual expenditure of each 48W of the Research Associations assisted by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; and what proportion the expenditure bears in each case to the estimated value of the annual pre-war production of the industries concerned.
§ Mr. AttleeThe following figures show (1) the approximate expenditure of grant-aided Research Associations for the year 1942–43, (2) the net output of the industries concerned according to the Census of Production, 1935, and (3) the amount expended by the Research Associations per £100 of output.
1 2 3 Research Association. Expenditure 1942–43 Net Output (Census of Production, 1935). Expenditure per £100 net output. £ £'000 £ Automobile 26,900 48,640 .05 Boot and Shoe 7,200 18,837 .04 Cast Iron 27,300 22,022 .12 Coal Utilisation. 71,700 120,890 .06 Cotton, Silk and Rayon. 115,200 66,571 .17 Electrical 110,800 105,101 .10 Flour Milling 12,700 11,950 .10 Iron and Steel 64,800 57,545 .11 Leather 21,goo 10,668 .20 L nen 18,000 7,639 .23 Non-Ferrous Metals 36,400 24,301 .15 Paint, Colour and Varnish. 24,400 10,846 .22 Pottery 11,100 9,288 .12 Printing and Allied Trades. 11,300 84,785 .01 Refractories 18,700 2,965 .63 Rubber 19,900 14,333 .14 Scientific Instruments. 10,700 6,755 .16 Wool 38,600 45,372 .08