§ Dr. StarkeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list funding for scientific research and development in(a) the United Kingdom and (b) from the United States from (i) Government (ii) industry and (iii) charities for the year 1999–2000, in absolute terms, as a percentage of total research and development and as a percentage of gross domestic profit. [158803]
§ Mr. Alan JohnsonThe latest data from ONS for expenditure on R&D performed in the UK in 1999 are:
Sector providing the funding Total £ million Percentage of total Percentage of GDP Government Departments 2,299 13.8 0.25 Research Councils 1,199 7.2 0.13 Higher Education Funding Councils 1,157 6.9 0.13 High Education Institutions 143 0.9 0.13 Business enterprise 8,235 49.4 0.91 Private non-profit 701 4.2 0.08 Abroad 2,930 17.6 0.32 Total 16,664 100.0 1.84 Data for previous years can be found in Table 6.3, on page 71 of SET Statistics 2000 (Cm 4902) a copy of which is in the Library of the House, and is also available from DTI's website at http://www.dti.gov.uk/ost/setstats.
The ONS surveys do not identify the source country for expenditure from abroad.
§ Dr. StarkeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the funding for scientific research and development from(a) Government, (b) industry and (c) charities for each of the years since 1997, in absolute amounts and as a percentage of total research and development spend. [158802]
§ Mr. Alan JohnsonThe information requested can be found in Table 6.3 on page 71 of SET Statistics 2000 (Cm 4902) a copy of which is in the Library of the House and is also available from DTI's website at http://www.dti.gov.uk/ost/setstats.