§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the level of expenditure on research and development by private and governmental agencies, respectively, and as a percentage of gross national product, in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, and Sweden for each year since 1960.
§ Mr. Michael HeseltineThe information available for the United Kingdom is given in the table below, together with the information, comparable as far as possible, for other countries which is available from the international surveys conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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Total Government Other Total Government Other As a percentage of gross national product at market prices (1) Netherlands Million guilders 1964 … … 1,196 478 718 1.9 0.8 1.2 1967 … … 1,860 725 1,135 2.2 0.9 1.4 1969 … … 2,119 798 1,321 2.0 0.8 1.3 Japan Million yen 1963 … … 321,128 89,123 232,006 1.3 0.4 0.9 1967 … … 606,293 183,022 423,271 1.4 0.4 1.0 1969 … … 933,228 128,108(6) 805,120 (6) 1.5 0.2(6) 1.3(6) Sweden Million kroner 1964 … … 1,332 646 686 1.3 0.6 0.7 1967 … … 1,739 732 1,007 1.3 0.6 0.8 1969 … … 1,904 765 1,139 1.2 0.5 0.7 Notes: (1) Based on the latest available estimates of the gross national product at market prices; figures may therefore differ from those: included in the OECD publications on research and development. (2) As published in Research and Development Expenditure:, Central Statistical Office, 1973. (3) Expenditure financed by government, as reported by the sector carrying out the work. (4) Estimated and therefore rounded. (5) Excluding certain expenditure included in the total. (6) Certain government funds for the finance of higher education are included in "Other".