§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total expenditure on defence industry research and development in 1996. [9403]
§ Mr. SpellarMy Department does not maintain statistics covering expenditure by the UK defence industry on research and development. Information, based on data collected by the Office of National Statistics, can be found in table 4.1 of "Science, Engineering and Technology Statistics 1996", Cm 3257-11, which is available in the Library of the House.