Research

HC Deb 02 April 1996 vol 275 c199W

Mrs. Golding

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much his Department has spent on research in each year since 1986 to date. [23985]

Mr. Boswell

The Department's total research and development expenditure for each financial year since 1986 is as follows:

Year	£ million
1985–86	118.4
1986–87	118.3
1987–88	113.8
1988–89	115.0
1989–90	112.2
1990–91	119.1
1991–92	121.5
1992–93	132.9
1993–94	135.0
1994–95	137.2
1995–961	139.7
1 Provisional.