HC Deb 04 May 2004 vol 420 c1449W
Mr. Gerald Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory's revenue has been derived from QinetiQ; and what proportion of its outgoings have been paid to QinetiQ since the creation of QinetiQ. [169388]

Mr. Ingram

In 2001, the Defence Research and Evaluation Agency was split to form the PPP QinetiQ, and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).

Since vesting the income derived by Dstl from QinetiQ by financial year is as follows:

Financial year Income (£ million)
2001–02 17.75
2002–03 18.50
2003–04 12.55
Total 48.80

Dstl expenditure with QinetiQ since vesting by financial year is as follows:

Financial year Expenditure (£ million)
2001–02 53.57
2002–03 67.40
2003–04 57.74
Total 178.71