§ Mr. Wilkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of Science and Engineering Research Council/Medical Research Council funds are spent on fundamental research compared with industrially relevant development work.
Mr. JacksonThe information is not available exactly in form requested. A breakdown of Science and Engineering Research Council and Medical Research Council spending into the four categories—basic research, strategic applied research, specific applied research and experimental development—is given in table A23 on page 22 of the 1986 "Annual Review of Government Funded Research and Development," a copy of which is in the Library. The definition of the four categories is given in annex 3, page 183, of the review.
§ Mr. Wilkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science to what extent private industry contributes financially to scientific research in universities and polytechnics.
Mr. JacksonIn respect of universities. I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr. Wallace) on 8 July 1987 at column156. Comparable information is not collected centrally for polytechnics.