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Mr. D. E. Thomas
asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish a table showing all moneys expended by his Department in each year since 1974 on research, showing in each year the organisations to which funding was made available and the titles of the projects funded.
| Gross £m at outturn prices | ||||||
| 1974–75 | 1975–76 | 1976–77 | 1977–78 | 1978–79 | ||
| Departmental | ||||||
| research establishments | … | 18·5 | 24·0 | 25·0 | 27·1 | 28·5 |
| *Other research establishments | … | 18·0 | 19·6 | 21·1 | 20·3 | 20·2 |
| †Universities and NRDC | … | 1·4 | 1·3 | 1·6 | 0·9 | 1·1 |
| Research associations | … | 2·6 | 3·3 | 5·8 | 7·9 | 8·5 |
| Industry | … | 16·3 | 19·1 | 18·5 | 18·9 | 23·8 |
| Contribution to European | ||||||
| Space Agency | … | 14·8 | 22·8 | 31·5 | 31·2 | 30·6 |
| Notes: | ||||||
| * Other research establishments include United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) non-nuclear R & D, Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (RSRE), Ministry of Defence (Procurement Executive) and National Environment Research Council (NERC). | ||||||
| † NRDC are the initials of the National Research Development Corporation. | ||||||