HC Deb 13 May 1991 vol 191 cc58-9W
Mr. Dykes

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give the figures for defence research and development expenditures from public funds as a proportion of all such publicly funded outlays by central Government in each of the years 1963–64, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1978–79 and 1979–80.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

Government-funded defence research and development expenditures as a percentage of all Government-funded research and development are as follows:

Per cent.
1969–70 43
1973–74 42
1978–79 49
1979–80 50

Data for 1963–64 are not available.

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