§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what sums he has expended in each of the last five years on research into criminology in England and Wales.
§ Mr. EnnalsThe information is as follows:
Financial Year £ thousands 1963–64 84 1964–65 110 1965–66 138 1966–67 160 1967–68 187 These figures include expenditure on the Home Office Vote on external research and on the salary costs (exclude- 300W ing the proportion borne by the Scottish Home and Health Department) of the Home Office Research Unit, which is mainly engaged in criminological research. The totals are approximations; precise salary costs are not readily available and the final cost of external research in 1967–68 is not yet known.