§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his Department's planned spending on research broken down by category in(a) 1999–2000, (b) 2001–02 and (c) 2002–03; and what was actual spending in 1998–99. [83473]
§ Mr. SpellarPlanned defence expenditure on major customers' research budgets for 1999–2000 is £453 million as set out in the Government's Expenditure Plans 1999–2000 to 2000–01, Cmnd. 4208, published in March 1999. Actual spending in 1998–99 is estimated at £460 million. The main categories within this expenditure are the Applied Research Programme, about £325 million in 1998–99, and the Corporate Research Programme, about £120 million. A similar breakdown is expected to apply in 1999–2000. Total figures for subsequent years will be published in subsequent editions of Government Expenditure Plans.