HC Deb 27 June 1988 vol 136 cc27-8W
Sir Michael McNair-Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department by how much the budget for the forensic services in the Home Office has changed in the past 10 years, allowing for inflation; and if he will list expenditure on an annual basis.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Expenditure on the forensic science service rose from £6,306,000 in 1978–79 to £13,754,000 in 1987–88. Allowing for inflation, this represented an increase of 6.3 per cent. in real terms. The figures for annual expenditure (including capital expenditure) in this period are as follows:

Year Amount £
1978–79 6,306,000
1979–80 7,999,000
1980–81 10,224,000
1981–82 11,673,000
1982–83 12,149,000
1983–84 10,311,000
1984–85 11,303,000
1985–86 10,828,000
1986–87 11,523,000
1987–88 113,754,000
1 provisional.