§ Mr. Freesonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the amount of the science budget for each of the last five years in cash and real terms; what is the projected amount for each of the next three
Science Budget 1981–82 to 1988–89 Table 1 Cash Terms £ million 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 AFRC 42.1 43.6 46.0 46.7 50.3 52.7 49.6 50.8 ESRC 20.7 20.9 *22.4 *22.0 *†23.6 23.6 23.9 24.5 MRC 101.7 107.5 113.7 117.2 122.3 128.3 130.8 134.0 NERC 54.3 58.0 62.5 65.9 67.3 70.3 70.8 72.5 SERC 216.8 234.4 254.5 278.8 298.0 315.5 317.0 324.9 ‡BM (NH) 10.9 12.7 12.2 14.1 16.2 17.2 17.4 17.8 RS 4.2 4.5 5.0 5.3 5.9 6.4 6.7 6.8 FOE — — — 0.15 0.25 0.45 0.6 0.7 ABRC secretariat, science policy studies and flexibility margin — — — — — 0.2 12.7 13.0 Total science budget 450.7 481.6 516.3 550.2 583.9 614.6 629.5 645.0 * Includes £0.050 million in respect of science policy studies † Includes £0.075 million in respect of ABRC secretariat ‡ Includes expenditure by the Property Services Agency on behalf of the Museum
Science Budget 1981–82 to 1988–89 Table 2 Real Terms £ million at 1984–85 Prices 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 AFRC 49.1 47.5 48.0 46.7 47.9 48.0 43.7 43.4 ESRC 24.1 22.8 23.3 22.0 22.5 21.5 21.0 20.9 MRC 118.6 117.2 118.6 117.2 116.5 116.9 115.2 114.6 NERC 63.3 63.2 65.2 65.9 64.1 64.1 62.3 62.0 SERC 252.8 255.4 265.4 278.8 283.8 287.5 279.1 277.8 BM (NH) 12.7 13.8 12.7 14.1 15.4 15.7 15.3 15.2 RS 4.9 4.9 5.2 5.3 5.6 5.8 5.9 5.8 FOE — — — 0.15 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.6 ABRC secretariat science policy studies and flexibility margin — — — — — 0.2 11.2 11.1 Total science budget 525.5 524.8 538.4 550.2 556.0 560.1 554.2 551.4