§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what sum was spent by his Department on research in each of the last 10 years; what percentage this was of the total annual budget; what is the research budget for the forthcoming year; what percentage this is of his total budget; and what additional new research is to be undertaken.
§ Mr. Howard[holding answer 13 December 1994]: The sums spent on research and development by the Department for the last 10 years were reported in the statistical supplement to the "1994 Forward Look of Government-funded Science Engineering and Technology". The expenditure on research and development and the total percentage that this expenditure was of total departmental expenditure is as follows:
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Year R and D expenditure£ millions Percentage total expenditure 1985–86 23.7 0.6 1986–87 13.3 0.3 1987–88 14.2 0.3 1988–89 14.1 0.3 1989–90 15.2 0.3 1990–91 25.0 0.4 1991–92 17.3 0.3 1992–93 20.1 0.4 1993–94 119.8 0.3 1994–95 119.1 0.3 1995–96 120.4 0.3 1 Estimated 2 Planned The Home Office publishes an annual report—"The Research Programme"—which lists all research currently in progress and planned. A new edition will be published this month and a copy will be placed in the Library.