HC Deb 05 February 1979 vol 962 c50W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table in the Official Report, showing the expenditure, during the latest year for which data are available, on industrial innovation in England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom, respectively, analysing the data into sectors corresponding to those in table 2.4 of Command Paper No. 7439.

Mr. Joel Barnett

The table below shows figures of identifiable public expenditure on industrial innovation, in 1977–78, in England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom consistent with the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Gravesend (Mr. Ovenden) on 17 January 1979 [Vol. 960, c. 781-93]. The figures are analysed into categories corresponding to those in table 2.4 of Cmnd. 7439.