HC Deb 11 March 2003 vol 401 cc130-1W
Mr. Spring

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of Britain's GDP was spent on research and development in the last year for which figures are available; and what assessment he has made of the average proportion of GDP spent on Research and Development in(a) the EU, (b) Japan and (c) the United States of America. [101479]

John Healey

The most up-to-date figures taken from OECD Main Science and Technology Indicators 2002/2 for General Expenditure on Research and Development (GERD) as a percentage of GDP are as follows:

  • For the year 2000:
  • UK: 1.85 per cent.
  • EU: 1.88 per cent.
  • Japan: 2.98 per cent.
  • USA: 2.72 per cent.

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