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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Mr. Dalyell: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what estimate he has made of Government expenditure on funding of (a) fundamental research and (b) applied research, in the expectation of profitable outcome for each year since 1990; and what proportion in currently available figures this represents of the total available to his Department for scientific research. [4272] Mr. Ian Taylor: [holding answer 25 November 1996]: The information is not available in the form requested. Government-funded research is classified into basic research and applied research, using the definitions in the OECD publication, "The Measurement of Scientific Activities", the so-called "Frascati Manual"--OECD Paris, 1994. ISBN 926414202 9. The breakdown by these categories over the years 1990-91 and 1994-95 for both total Government expenditure and DTI implementation on research is as follows: Net Government research expenditure by Frascati type of research activity £ million cash _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total Government research _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Basic 1,288 1,362 1,512 1,572 1,722 Applied 1,799 1,734 1,846 2,069 1,955 Total 3,087 3,097 3,358 3,641 3,677 Applied as percentage of 58 56 55 57 53 total research _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Government civil research Science and engineering base (SEB) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Basic 1,222 1,299 1,428 1,470 1,641 Applied 463 485 509 591 509 Applied as percentage of 27 27 26 29 24 total SEB research Other civil research Basic 83 75 61 68 83 Applied 911 793 803 822 780 Applied as percentage of 92 91 93 92 90 total other civil research Total civil research Basic 1,291 1,361 1,511 1,571 1,724 Applied 1,408 1,325 1,310 1,415 1,287 Total 2,698 2,686 2,820 2,986 3,011 Applied as percentage of 52 49 46 47 43 total civil research _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Government defence research _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Basic 0 0 0 0 0 Applied 389 411 538 654 666 Total 389 411 538 654 666 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Department of Trade and Industry research _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Basic 0 0 0 2 2 Applied 420 278 278 267 236 Total 420 278 278 269 238 Applied as percentage of 100 100 100 99 99 total DTI research _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Annual Reviews of Government funded R and D, 1992, 1993. Forward Looks of Government funded SET, 1994, 1995. SET Statistics 1996.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

4272; 286 c366-7W;286 c364-5W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Defence Central government Finance Grants Technology Research Science Frascati Manual

Contains statistics

Yes