Research

HC Deb 19 January 1994 vol 235 cc696-7W

Dr. Spink

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what are the latest figures for Government spending on research; and what proportions were spent on (i) applied research and (ii) fundamental research; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Waldegrave

Government research and development activity is analysed into the internationally agreed OECD Frascati categories of basic, applied and experimental development. The latest expenditure figures, for 1991–92, were published in the 1993 annual review of Government-funded research and development and are as follows:

	£ million	(i)	(ii)
		Applied Per cent.	Basic Per cent.
Civil R and D	2,780.9	47.0	48.4
Defence R and D	2,267.0	17.8	nil
Total R and D	5,047.9	33.9	26.7

The remaining R and D is classified as experimental development.

A similar analysis for the outturn year 1992–93 will be published in the forward look of Government-funded science and technology in April 1994.