HC Deb 12 July 1993 vol 228 cc362-3W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on research and development from 1991.

Mr. Aitken

My Department's research and develop-ment expenditure is detailed in table 1.5 of the 1993 edition of "Defence Statistics". The total gross expenditure in 1991–92 was £2,680 million and the estimated outturn in 1992–93 is £2,912 million.