Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total identifiable expenditure on research by his Department in each year since 1979; what proportion was awarded on a customer-contractor basis; and what proportion of his total departmental budget was expended on research for each year.
§ Mr. David HuntAll of the expenditure will have been based on the customer-contractor principle, and the information is shown in the table:
Total departmental expenditure on R&D £ million Proportion of departmental budget per cent. 1979–80 1.1 0.15 1980–81 1.1 0.13 1981–82 1.6 0.17 1982–83 1.6 0.14 1983–84 1.3 0.11 1984–85 1.6 0.13 1985–86 2.6 0.20 1986–87 3.5 0.24 1987–88 1.9 0.12 1988–89 2.0 0.12