§ Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, based on the White Paper, Command Paper No. 4578, on Public Expenditure until 1975, what estimate she now makes of total Government expenditure on scientific and technological research and development in both the civil and the defence field; and what is her estimate of expenditure in the private sector, and by industry, and of the likely trend in total expenditure on research and development, and as a percentage of the gross national product, until 1975.
§ Mrs. ThatcherResearch and development expenditure is not separately distinguished within all the relevant programmes in the White Paper on Public Expenditure and no estimate of total Government expenditure on civil or defence research and development is available. No estimates for the other sectors have been made.