Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 July 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 September 2004. It was answered by Patricia Hewitt (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 September 2004 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much her Department spent on science research and development in each of the last 25 years; and what the projected budgets are as a result of the Spending Review. - Inc table from 1987.

Answer: Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much her Department spent on science research and development in each of the last 25 years; and what the projected budgets are as a result of the spending review. [186137] Ms Hewitt: The following table sets out science budget expenditure since 1987-88, including projected spend following the 2004 spending review. Responsibility for administration of the science budget transferred from the Cabinet Office to the Department of Trade and Industry in 1995. Figures prior to 1987-88 are not available on a consistent basis. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Science budget (£ million) 1987-88 650 1988-89 697 1989-90 803 1990-91 890 1991-92 915 1992-93 1,051 1993-94 1,163 1994-95 1,223 1995-96 1,295 1996-97 1,312 1997-98 1,331 1998-99 1,334 1999-2000 1,394 2000-01 1,514 2001-02 1,707 2002-03 2,032 2003-041 2,366 2004-052 2,575 2005-062 2,913 2006-072 3,067 2007-082 3,282 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Provisional 2 Plan Note: The accounting treatment of expenditure has changed over the period. Figures to 2000-01 are on a cash basis. Figures for 2001-02 and 2002-03 are on the RAB stage 1 basis, i.e. including timing adjustments. Figures for 2003-04 onwards are on a full resource budgeting basis, net of depreciation.

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