PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS
02 Apr 09. FOURTH EVIDENCE SESSION
HUTTON TO GIVE EVIDENCE:
MILITARY READINESS AND RECUPERATION FOR THE CONTINGENT TASKS OF TODAY
On Tuesday 28 April 2009 the Committee will take evidence on its inquiry Readiness and recuperation for the contingent tasks of today. The meeting will take place in The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (room subject to change). Oral evidence will be taken from:
At 10.30 am
a. Rt. Hon John Hutton MP, Secretary of State for Defence
House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 01 Apr 2009
Departmental Research
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding for research and development his Department has provided to defence companies in each year since 2000; and which 10 companies received the most funding. [267394]
Mr. Quentin Davies: Table 1.8 of UK Defence Statistics (UKDS) provides
statistics on the Departments annual expenditure on Research and Development (R and D) activities. These are compiled in accordance with internationally agreed definitions. Expenditure is broken down into intramural (i.e. (R and D) activity undertaken within the Department) and extramural (i.e. that R and D activity undertaken outside the Department). The extramural figures cover the Department’s expenditure on tasks undertaken by UK and overseas industry as well as small amounts tasked to Universities and Research Councils. Copies of the latest and previous editions of UKDS are held by the Library of the House and are available online at: http://www.dasa.mod.uk/applications/newWeb/www/index.php?page=67&;pubType=l&thiscontent=10&date=2008-09-24
Gross extramural expenditure on R and D as published in the latest UKDS (2008) is provided in the following table. These figures are currently subject to a data quality review and will be published once approval has been received from the UK Statistics Authority. Figures before 2001-02 are not directly comparable because from 2001-02 Government expenditure has been formally accounted for on a resource basis only.
£ million (inclusive of non-recoverable VAT at current prices )
Research and Development (R and D)
Total Gross Extramural Expenditure on R and D
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
1,698 2,502 2,364 2,288 2,229
Research
Total Gross Extramural Expenditure on Research
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
388 379 384 474 455
Development
Total Gross Extramural Expenditure on Development
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
1,311 2,123 1,980 1,814 1,775
The following lists provide the top 10 defence companies (in alphabetical order) which have received most of the annual expenditure on R and D tasks in each of the years from 2000-01 to 2007-08, the latest year where complete data are available.
2007-08
BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd.
BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies Ltd.
BAE Systems Marine Ltd.
Lockheed Martin Aerospace Systems Integration Corporation
MBDA UK Ltd.
QinetiQ Ltd.
Rolls-Royce Power Engineering plc
Thales Naval Ltd.
Thales UK Ltd.
Westland Helicopters Ltd.
2006-07
BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd.
BAE Systems Electronics Ltd.
BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies Ltd.
Lockheed Martin Aerospace Systems Integration Corporation
MBDA UK Ltd.
QinetiQ Ltd.
Raytheon Systems Ltd.
Thales Naval Ltd.
Thales UK Ltd.
Westland Helicopters Ltd.
2005-06
Atkins Consultants Ltd.
BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd.
BAE Systems Electronics Ltd.
BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies Ltd.
BAE Systems Land Systems (Munitions and Ordnance) Ltd.
Lockheed Martin Aerospace Systems Integration Corporation
MBDA UK Ltd.
QinetiQ Ltd.
Raytheon Systems Ltd.
Thales UK Ltd.
2004-05
AMS Ltd.
BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd.
BAE Systems Avionics Ltd.
BAE Systems Electronics Ltd.
General Dynamics United Kingdom Ltd,.
Lockheed Martin Aerospace Systems Integration Corporation
MBDA UK Ltd.
QinetiQ Ltd.
Raytheon System