HC Deb 20 November 1985 vol 87 cc196-7W
Mr. Steel

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the criteria used to determine the amount of his Department's research and development budget allocated to the university sector.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Research and development work is placed with the university sector when they are best able to carry it out and are interested in doing so. Some £10 million will be spent with them in 1985–86. This figure is expected to rise with the introduction of joint Research Council-Ministry of Defence research grants, announced on 4 November 1985.

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