HC Deb 22 July 1987 vol 120 c225W
Mr. Wilkinson

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department issues a list of extra-mural research projects which it is willing to fund.

Mr. Sainsbury

The Ministry of Defence carries out extra-mural research in the major fields described in the MOD section of the "Annual Review of Government Funded R and D".

Further detail on areas of interest is given in the brochures of the small firms research initiative and the joint Research Council/Ministry of Defence research grants scheme.

Research contracts over £500,000 are covered by the MOD contracts bulletin.