§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the level of Government civil research and development funding as a percentage of total Government expenditure in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Maples[holding answer 17 February 1992]: The available information is as follows:
Government civil research and development expenditure as a percentage of total central Government expenditure Year Per cent. 1979–80 2.5 1980–81 2.4 1981–82 2.5 1982–83 2.3 1983–84 2.3 1984–85 2.2 1985–86 2.2 1986–87 2.2 1987–88 2.2 1988–89 2.2 1989–90 2.1
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the level of research funding of every Government Department in real and constant prices in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Maples[holding answer 17 February 1992]: The available information from 1981 is given in tables 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 of the "Annual Review of Government Funded Research and Development 1991", a copy of which is in the Library of the House. Detailed departmental information on a comparable basis for earlier years could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.