§ Mr. GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent by his Department in each of the past five years on social science research; what percentage this constitutes of total departmental expenditure and of his Department's research budget; and 885W how much of the research has been undertaken (a) within his Department, (b) by universities and polytechnics and (c) by independent research organisations.
§ Mr. Hurd[holding answer 28 July 1988]: The information is not available in the form requested. That
Percentage undertaken Year Expenditure on social science and humanities research (£m) Percentage total expenditure Percentage research budget (social science and humanities, science and technology) (1) within Department (2) by Universities by and polytechnics (3) independent1 research organisations 1982–83 3.1 0.45 25.6 51.6 12.9 11.9 1983–84 3.0 0.38 24.6 56.7 13.3 2.7 1984–85 2.9 0.34 22.0 62.0 17.2 4.8 1985–86 2.8 0.31 20.4 64.3 21.4 1.8 1986–87 2.3 0.23 17.3 56.5 21.7 1.3 1 Industrial research associations, non-industrial research institutes.