§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department is spending on research contracts in each region; and if he will make a statement. [86404]
§ Dr. Moonie: The net expenditure outturn for the Ministry of Defence's major customers research budgets as published in the Consolidated Departmental Resource Accounts for financial year 2000–02, was £1 billion. It is not possible to provide a regional breakdown of research expenditure from available data.