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Departmental Research

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of her Department's budget was used for research within its areas of responsibility in each of the last 10 years. (218068)

The information is set out in the following table.

Financial year

Proportion (percentage)

1998-99

0.23

1999-2000

0.22

2000-01

0.29

2001-02

0.28

2002-03

0.43

2003-04

0.37

2004-05

0.59

2005-06

0.27

2006-07

0.17

2007-08 (estimated outturn)

0.27

The Home Office 2008 Departmental Report (publication Cm 7396), published in May 2008, details outturn and planned spend on research activities for years 2002-03 to 2007-08. Similar information for years 1999-2000 to 2001-02 can be found in the Home Office 2005 Departmental Report (publication Cm 6528), published in June 2005; 1998-99 figures can be found in the Department's 2003 Annual Report (Command Paper 5908).