§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total expenditure and share of GDP on(a) civil and (b) defence research and 932W development was in (i) 2000–01, (ii) 2001–02 and (iii) 2002–03; and what the Government share of expenditure was in each year. [144004]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 15 December 2003]: The latest data available for Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D (GERD) are 2001. Data for 2002 will be available in March 2004.
Expenditure(£ million cash terms) Proportion of GDP Percentage performed in the Government sector1 Percentage funded by the Government sector1 Civil R&D 2000 15.018 1.56 9 24 20012 16,125 1.61 9 24 Defence R&D 2000 2,526 0.26 31 58 20012 2,690 0.27 16 64 1Government includes the research councils and higher education funding councils. 2Revised data for 2001 will be made available in March 2004. Source: ONS.