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Sir Michael McNair-Wilson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department by how much the budget for the forensic services in the Home Office has changed in the past 10 years, allowing for inflation; and if he will list expenditure on an annual basis.
Mr. Douglas Hogg
Expenditure on the forensic science service rose from £6,306,000 in 1978–79 to £13,754,000 in 1987–88. Allowing for inflation, this represented an increase of 6·3 per cent. in real terms. The figures for annual expenditure (including capital expenditure) in this period are as follows:
| Year | Amount £ |
| 1978–79 | 6,306,000 |
| 1979–80 | 7,999,000 |
| 1980–81 | 10,224,000 |
| 1981–82 | 11,673,000 |
| 1982–83 | 12,149,000 |
| 1983–84 | 10,311,000 |
| 1984–85 | 11,303,000 |
| 1985–86 | 10,828,000 |
| 1986–87 | 11,523,000 |
| 1987–88 | 113,754,000 |
| 1 provisional. | |