§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Prime Minister what amounts of public money were spent on research in the fields of (a) defence, (b) energy, (c) health, (d) industrial productivity, (e) environmental and social problems and (f) other areas for each of the last 10 years at constant prices; and what percentage of the total research effort this represented in each case.
§ The Prime MinisterEstimates of central Government expenditure on research and development are given below. Data on the same basis of analysis are not available for expenditure on research and development by the total public sector, including local authorities, universities and public corporations, or by the public and private sectors in total.