Written question asked by Anne Campbell (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 February 2005. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Monday, 21 February 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency for which his Department is responsible spent on research and development with overseas Government laboratories or research establishments, including collaborative Government funded laboratories and research establishments, in each year between 2001-02 and 2003-04. - Inc table.

Answer: Mrs. Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency for which his Department is responsible spent on research and development with overseas Government laboratories or research establishments, including collaborative Government funded laboratories and research establishments, in each year between 2001-02 and 2003-04. [207001] Miss Melanie Johnson: Expenditure by the Department on research and development projects where the contractor undertaking the research was based overseas was as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Amount (£) 2001-02 0 2002-03 9,547 2003-04 34,704 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. None of the Department's executive agencies incurred expenditure of this sort in the years in question.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 207001; 431 c141W;431 c143W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Executive agencies Expenditure Government departments Research Department of Health Government laboratories
Contains statistics: Yes
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