§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state the amount of the Science and Engineering Research Council's budget devoted to nuclear physics in each of the last five years in(a) cash terms and (b) constant terms.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthGross expenditure by SERC's nuclear physics board over the last five years is as follows:
Cash terms £ million Constant terms £ million 1986–87 71,152 92,486 1987–88 83,377 102,778 1988–89 84,297 96,844 1989–90 77,982 84,220 11990–91 62,052 62,052 1 Forecast outturn (Excludes Laboratories Directorate expenditure previously attributed to Nuclear Physics Board).