§ 36. Mr. Neaveasked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what proportion of the expenditure of the Atomic Energy Authority and the four research councils is spent on fundamental research in nuclear physics; and by what method this figure was calculated.
§ Mr. Denzil FreethIn 1962–63 the estimated expenditure on fundamental nuclear physics of the D.S.I.R., and by the Atomic Energy Authority, mainly through the National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science, amounts to about 10 per cent. of the total Civil expenditure (capital and current) of the Atomic Energy Authority and the Research Councils. This calculation excludes the Authority's expenditure on applied and objective basic research.