§ Mr. Osbornasked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science if he will give the total amount, and breakdown, of estimated Government expenditure on civil research for 1963–64, and bring up to date the figures for 1962–63 given in Appendix F of Command Paper No. 1920.
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§ Mr. Denzil FreethThe following is the information asked for:
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ESTIMATED GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON CIVIL RESEARCH, 1963–64 A. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND FOOD Estimates in £ thousand (i) Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2,841 (ii) Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland(b) 1,957 (iii) Agricultural Research Council 7,387 (iv) Development Fund 685 (v) Nature Conservancy 701 (vi) Forestry Commission 420 Total 13,991 B. INDUSTRY AND COMMUNICATIONS (i) Department of Scientific and Industrial Research(a) 24,800 (ii) Ministry of Power 621 (iii) Ministry of Transport 445 Total 25,866 C. MEDICAL AND HEALTH (i) Health Departments 348 (ii) Medical Research Council 6,908 (iii) General Register Office 31 (iv) Air Ministry 319 Total 7,606 D. OVERSEAS RESEARCH (i) Department of Technical Co-operation 2,159 (ii) Commonwealth Relations Office 150 Total 2,309 E. NUCLEAR SCIENCE (i) Atomic Energy Authority 48,000 (ii) National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science 7,870 Total 55,870 F. UNIVERSITIES AND LEARNED SOCIETIES (i) Universities(c) 26,200 (ii) Grants to learned societies, etc 227 Total 26,427
Estimates in £ thousand G. OTHER (i) Home Office and Scottish Home Department 362 (ii) Air Ministry—Meteorology 631 (iii) Admiralty—Observatories, Oceanography, etc 606 (iv) Ministry of Aviation(d) 37,778 Total 39,378 Grand Total 171,447 (a) Includes capital and current expenditure on buildings by the Ministry of Public Building and Works, and other allied services. (b) Includes the National Agricultural Advisory Service, included first in 1961–62. (c) Details of University research expenditure are not separately maintained. (d) In addition to purely civil expenditure, much of the defence expenditure has civil applications.