To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the level of Government civil research and development funding as a percentage of total Government expenditure in each year since 1979.
[holding answer 17 February 1992]: The available information is as follows:
| Government civil research and development expenditure as a percentage of total central Government expenditure | |
| Year | Per cent. |
| 1979–80 | 2·5 |
| 1980–81 | 2·4 |
| 1981–82 | 2·5 |
| 1982–83 | 2·3 |
| 1983–84 | 2·3 |
| 1984–85 | 2·2 |
| 1985–86 | 2·2 |
| 1986–87 | 2·2 |
| 1987–88 | 2·2 |
| 1988–89 | 2·2 |
| 1989–90 | 2·1 |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the level of research funding of every Government Department in real and constant prices in each year since 1979.
[holding answer 17 February 1992]: The available information from 1981 is given in tables 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 of the "Annual Review of Government Funded Research and Development 1991", a copy of which is in the Library of the House. Detailed departmental information on a comparable basis for earlier years could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.