§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing all moneys expended by his Department in each year since 1974 on research, showing in each year the organisations to which funding
DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT GROUP (INCLUDING MANPOWER SERVICES COMMISSION AND HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMISSION) £000's Gross expenditure on research and development Gross expenditure on external research and development included in columns (1) to (3) DE MSC HSC DE MSC HSC (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1974–75 … … 1,646 45 419 1,086 27 52 1975–76 … … 512 1,267 3,052 320 1,021 1,257 1976–77 … … 681 1,354 3,228 434 885 1,430 1977–78 … … 751 1,419 3,820 506 929 1,448 1978–79 … … 926 1,495 4,245 710 943 1,607 A breakdown of the figures in columns (4) to (6) of the table by organisations and titles of the projects funded could be provided only at disproportionate cost. A joint report on research by the Department of Employment and the Manpower Services Commission and a similar report by the Health and Safety Executive are, however, published annually by HMSO. The last reports available at present are for 1977–78 and 1977 respectively.