Gross National Product

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asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, from information available to him, what percentage of the gross national product and funds in total is now being spent on research and development; of this, how much is public expenditure and how much private expenditure; how this has changed over the

ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM*
				Total
				In value terms	As proportion of GNP§	Public sector†	Private sector‡
						As proportion of total expenditure║
				£ million	Per cent.	Per cent	Per cent.
1975–76	…	…	…	2,151	2·2	58	42
1972–73	…	…	…	1,313	2·3	55	45
1968–69	…	…	…	998	2·6	54	46
1964–65	…	…	…	771	2·6	58	42
* Excluding research in the social sciences and humanities.
† Central and local government and public corporations.
‡ Including funding from overseas.
§ At factor cost.
║ By source of funds.
Preliminary figures from the OECD international survey of the resources devoted to R and D in 1975, on the basis of expenditure on scientific R and D as a proportion of gross domestic product at market prices are: United Kingdom, 2·1 per cent.; EEC countries as a whole, 1·8 per cent. USA, 2·3 per cent.

Volume 958: debated on Tuesday 14 November 1978