§ 54. Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much money was provided from Government funds for house building research and for other building research in the last financial year; and how this compares with expenditure on military research in the same period.
§ Mr. ChannonExpenditure from Government funds for construction research 183W and development was some £6 million in 1968, the latest year from which full figures are available. Most of the research was designed to benefit all forms of construction and separate figures for housing cannot be distinguished. The Defence estimates show military R. & D. expenditure for 1968–69 at £254 million falling to £222 million for 1970–71.