§ 55. Mr. Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the latest comparisons that have been made by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, other official bodies, or by international bodies of which Great Britain is a member, between research expenditure by industry in Great Britain and in the 92W United States of America, in terms of expenditure per employee, and also as a percentage of net output.
§ Sir E. BoyleNo official comparisons have been made in that form. The Advisory Council for Scientific Policy compared total national expenditure on research and development in the United Kingdom with that in the United States in their Annual Report for 1961–62. There are uncertainties about this comparison but the Council estimated that the proportion of the gross national product devoted to research and development in 1961–62 was 2.7 per cent. in this country as against 2.9 per cent. in the U.S.A.