HC Deb 25 March 1993 vol 221 c686W
Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the annual figures for spending by the Scottish Office on commissioning research from the higher education sector for each year from 1989–90 to 1993–94.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 24 March 1993]: The expenditure on research commissioned under Scottish Office research programmes from the higher education sector was:

£ million
1989–90 7.6
1990–91 7.8
1991–92 9.6

This information is published in the "Annual Review of Government-Funded Research and Development", which is available in the House of Commons Library. Figures for 1992–93 and 1993–94 are not yet available.