HC Deb 01 July 1982 vol 26 cc391-2W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total expenditure by the Meteorological Office on research for the last financial year.

Mr. Wiggin

Expenditure on Meteorological Office research is not voted separately. The cost accounted figure for research and development in 1980–81, the latest available, was £8 million gross or £6 million net of repayment charges.