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Written question asked by Lord Touhig (Labour) on Friday, 19 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 February 2010. It was answered by David Lammy (Labour) on Thursday, 25 February 2010 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.


Science: Expenditure

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of the UK's gross domestic product was spent on research and development in science in 2008-09; and what assessment he has made of likely trends in such expenditure in the next three financial years.
Answer

The most recent data available is for 2007 when gross domestic expenditure on research and development (GERD) was 1.79 per cent. of gross domestic product.Data for 2008 is expected to be published by the Office for National Statistics in March 2010.The Department has made no assessment of future outturns for GERD for the period 2009-10 to 2011-12.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
506 c764W;506 c764W; 318146
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Finance Science
Link
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