Departmental Research (Expenditure) Dr. Thomas To ask the Secretary of State for Wales 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. David Hunt All of the expenditure will have been based on the customer-contractor principle, and the information is shown in the table:--------- | | --------- |1979–80| --------- |1980–81| --------- |1981–82| --------- |1982–83| --------- |1983–84| --------- |1984–85| --------- |1985–86| --------- |1986–87| --------- |1987–88| --------- |1988–89| ---------