§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish a table expressing as a percentage of gross domestic product the total(a) Government expenditure on civil research and development (b) other expenditure on civil research and development and (c) (a) plus (b), for each year since 1970.
§ Mr. ForthThe available information relates to gross expenditure on research and development in the fields of science, technology, social science and humanities, performed in the United Kingdom and the Government financing of it, as a percentage of gross domestic product. The data are available only for years in which a survey of research and development performed in industry was carried out and is as follows:
Gross expenditure on research and development as a percentage of gross domestic product Gross expenditure on research and development financed by Government as a percentage of gross domestic product 1972 2.1 1.1 1975 2.2 1.2 1978 2.2 1.1 1981 2.4 1.2 1983 2.3 1.2 1985 2.3 1.0 1986 2.4 1.0