§ Mrs. Winifred Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much his Department has spent on research in each of the last four years, breaking down this sum into the amounts spent in Scotland, England and Wales, respectively.
§ Mr. MulleyExpenditure by my Department on research in education and 145W science, mostly in the form of grants to research bodies, is as shown below.
Expenditure on Research £m Out-turn Prices 1971–72 … 102.8 1972–73 … 113.4 1973–74 … 105.4 1974–75 (provisional) … 117.4 No breakdown for England, Wales and Scotland is available.