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Mr. Hoyle
asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the expenditure of the Research Councils, the universities and other Government-financed institutions involved in the advancement of science on scientific research and development in the years 1973–74, 1974–75 and 1975–76.
Mr. Oakes
I have been asked to reply.The figures, excluding expenditure on social sciences, were as follows:
| 1973–74 | 1974–75 | 1975–76 | ||
| £m. | £m. | £m. | ||
| Research Councils | … | 119·6 | 136·2† | 163·2† |
| Universities | … | 57·5 | 71·7† | 81·9‡ |
| Other institutions* | … | 2·8 | 3·6 | 4·5† |
| * Other institutions grant aided from the science budget: Royal Society and British Museum (Natural History). (Expenditure from grant in aid.) | ||||
| † Provisional. | ||||
| ‡Estimated. | ||||