HC Deb 08 August 1972 vol 842 cc358-9W
Mr. Fowler

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total amount of public funds spent on research into crime in England and Wales in the years 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71 and 1971–72.

Mr. Carlisle

Expenditure by the Home Office on research into the causes of delinquency, the treatment of offenders and connected matters was as follows:

Financial Year £ Thousands
1965–66 138
1966–67 160
1967–68 180
1968–69 214
1969–70 191
1970–71 258
1971–72 294

These figures include expenditure on the Home Office Vote on external research and on the salaries of Home Office Research Unit staff. They do not include the costs of accommodation and common services, the cost of research carried out by prison medical officers and prison psychologists in the course of their normal duties, expenditure on research into crime carried out by universities and other bodies without financial assistance from my Department, or the annual contributions from the Scottish Home and Health Department to the staff costs of the Home Office Research Unit.

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