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Dr. Thomas
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total identifiable expenditure on research by his Department in each year since 1979; what proportion was awarded on a customer-contractor basis; and what proportion of his total departmental budget was expended on research for each year.
Mr. Neubert
Research expenditure by the Ministry of Defence, net and inclusive of VAT, was as follows:
| Year | £ million | Percentage of defence budget |
| 1982–83 | 305 | 2·2 |
| 1983–84 | 358 | 2·2 |
| 1984–85 | 393 | 2·3 |
| 1985–86 | 399 | 2·2 |
| 1986–87 | 408 | 2·2 |
| 1987–88 | 396 | 2·1 |
| 1988–89 | 386 | 2·0 |