HC Deb 12 July 1971 vol 821 c30W
Mr. David Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the amount spent on research and development in each of the countries comprising the European Economic Community for the past six years, together with the comparable figures for the United Kingdom.

Mrs. Thatcher

Figures of expenditure on research and development by the countries comprising the European Economic Community are given in Table 3.7 of "Statistical Yearbook, 1969" published by U.N.E.S.C.O. For the United Kingdom the figure for 1966–67 has been revised to £926.3 million and later figures are 1967–68, £962.1 million and 1968–69, £1,016.6 million.