§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total amount spent on research and development by his Department in each of the last five years; and how much research and development money has been allocated to health and social care research in each instance.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe information is shown in the following table:
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Total Welsh Office expenditure on research and development £ million Of which: expenditure on health and social care research £ million 1987–88 1.9 0.4 1988–89 1.9 0.4 1989–90 2.4 0.5 costs for the year 1991–92 and the estimate for 1992–93 for Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments. This is something which falls within the responsibilities he has delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency.
The information you have requested is shown in the table below in which specialist grades have been assimilated into the equivalent administrative grade:
Total Welsh Office expenditure on research and development £ million Of which: expenditure on health and social care research £ million 1990–91 3.0 0.5 11991–92 3.6 0.5 1 Provisional. The figures do not include NHS monies spent on research and development as an integral part of policy evaluation and service development, which are not separately identifiable; nor do they include research and development supported under the joint England and Wales programme managed by the Department of Health.