HC Deb 22 October 1992 vol 212 c343W
Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of Government-funded research in British universities is devoted to defence issues.

Mr. Forman

Data in the 1992 annual review of Government-funded research and development show that in 1990–91 research and development spending by the Ministry of Defence accounted for 6.5 per cent. of all specific Government funding for research and development in higher education institutions.