§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what sum was spent by his Department on research in each of the last 10 years; what percentage this was of the total annual budget; what is the research budget for the forthcoming year; what percentage this is of his total budget; and what additional new research is to be undertaken.
§ Sir Paul Beresford[holding answer 13 December 1994]: Expenditure by the Department of the Environment on research and development in each of the 664W last 10 years in £ millions and as a percentage of the total annual budget, is presented below:
Years Research spend Percentage of total annual budget 1985–86 39.6 0.198 1986–87 52.4 0.248 1987–88 54.2 0.244 1988–89 54.3 0.240 1989–90 61.9 0.260 1990–91 69.9 0.243 1991–92 89.0 0.239 1992–93 91.6 0.222 1993–94 90.5 0.230 1994–95 93.9 0.239 The expenditure on research and development in the coming year has still to be finalised and will be reported in the statistical supplement to the "1995 Forward Look of Government-Funded Science, Engineering and Technology". The changes in the content of my departmental research in the coming years will be described in the main part of the forward look