§ 16. Mr. BoatengTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will indicate the current amount of research work his Department is financing at British universities(a) in total and (b) into the development of nuclear weapons; and what percentage increase that represents over the last five years.
§ 34. Mr. FlanneryTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will indicate the current amount of research work his Department is financing at British universities(a) in total and (b) into the development of nuclear weapons; and what percentage increase that represents over the past five years.
§ 80. Dr. ReidTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will indicate the current amount of research work his Department is financing at British universities(a) in total and (b) into the development of nuclear weapons; and what percentage increase that represents over the last five years.
§ Mr. SainsburyMy Department currently has 690 research agreements and contracts with United Kingdom universities and other institutions of higher education, with a total value of some £55 million, of which the Atomic Weapons Establishment has 40 with a total value of some £2 million. In real terms, from 1985–86 to 1989–90, total annual spending on these arrangements has increased by 6 per cent. and the Atomic Weapons Establishment's element by 9 per cent.