§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much of the Government's budget has been allocated for defence research in the current financial year and in each of the past six years. [104361]
§ Mr. KilfoyleExpenditure under "major customers' research budgets" in the Appropriation Accounts for the years in question is as follows:
Financial year Expenditure (£ million) 1993–94 452.735 1994–95 534.754 1995–96 484.015 1996–97 533.421 1997–98 455.868 1998–991 460 1999–20001 457 1 Forecast These are net figures and at outturn prices (i.e. with no allowance for inflation). These figures differ from those published in the annual "Forward Look" publication on Government-funded science, engineering and technology because the latter are based on statistical categorisation of 380W expenditure rather than resource allocations and include, for example, technology demonstrator programmes and loans and grants to DERA.