HC Deb 10 July 1990 vol 176 cc184-5W
71. Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of the science budget for 1990–91 is being committed specifically for research into global environmental programmes.

Mr. Jackson

In the 1990–91 financial year, it is estimated that some 5 per cent. of the science budget of £897 million will be spent on research into global environmental programmes.