§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has awarded in research contracts by region in the most recent financial year. [32452]
§ Dr. Moonie[holding answer 1 February 2002]: Gross expenditure outturn for the Ministry of Defence's major customers, research budgets and the Appropriation Accounts for financial year 2000–01, published on 23 November was £513.458 million. This sum includes research work placed with Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) but excludes technology demonstrator programmes, and loans and grants to DERA. It is not possible to provide a regional breakdown of research expenditure from available data.