§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what percentage of her Department's 1997–98 budget for the generation and dissemination of knowledge was spent in the United Kingdom. [40617]
§ Clare ShortFinal figures of expenditure on knowledge generation and dissemination by my Department in 1997–98 are not yet available but are estimated at some £84 million. Data are not maintained of the percentage spent in the United Kingdom. Much of the work was commissioned from United Kingdom institutions which will have incurred expenditure both in this country and in developing countries.