Science: Research Mr. Jim Cunningham To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much the Government spent on scientific research in 2007-08. Mr. Lammy The following table sets out the latest outturn (2005-06), the estimated outturn (2006-07) and the CSR plan (2007-08) for net Government expenditure on research and development in cash terms. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | |Outturn2005-06|Estimated outturn2006-07|CSR plan2007-08| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Science budget |OSI—DIUS |578 |760 |704 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |BBSRC |322 |357 |375 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |ESRC |125 |146 |162 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |MRC |416 |487 |500 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |NERC |373 |375 |399 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |EPSRC |555 |664 |746 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |PPARC |334 |334 |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |CCLRC |84 |103 |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |STFC |— |— |460 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |AHRC |69 |83 |102 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Pensions/Other |15 |17 |27 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Total Science budget | |2,871 |3,327 |3,476 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Higher Education Funding Councils |HEFC |1,928 |2,059 |2,188 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Total HE funding councils | |1,928 |2,059 |2,188 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Total Science and Engineering base | |4,800 |5,387 |5,664 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Civil departments |DEFRA |288 |300 |324 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |DCSF |100 |87 |62 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |DCLG |27 |24 |24 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |DfT |61 |58 |68 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |DH (including NHS) |628 |668 |734 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |NHS |583 |621 |687 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |DWP (including DSS) |18 |17 |17 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |HSC |22 |20 |19 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |HO |73 |59 |49 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |DCMS |23 |21 |23 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |DFID |265 |256 |253 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |DTI (ex OST and Launch Investment)|300 |261 |266 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Net Launch Investment |-158.3 |-142.9 |-131.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |NI departments |21 |22 |22 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |SE (formerly SO) |209 |228 |247 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |WAG (formerly WO) |33 |34 |36 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |FSA |17 |14 |14 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Other departments |38 |39 |42 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Total Civil departments | |1,965 |1,966 |2,069 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Total Civil | |6,765 |7,353 |7,733 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |MoD | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |of which: |Research |598 |600 |640 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Development |1,921 |2,068 |2,061 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Total Defence | |2,519 |2,668 |2,701 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Total | |9,284 |10,020 |10,434 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Indicative UK contribution to the EU R and D budget| |365 |377 |354 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Grand total | |9,649 |10,397 |10,788 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Grand total (ex NHS) | |9,066 |9,777 |10,101 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Source:ONS Government R and D Survey | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------