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Met Office: Research

Question for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

UIN 9206, tabled on 7 September 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Met Office spent on research and development in each financial year since 2010-11.

Answered on

15 September 2015

A large number of Government and publicly‑funded bodies subscribe to Met Office services. Revenue from this sector in 2014-15 was approximately £187m, broken down as follows: (a) Public Weather Service - £114m (b) Defence - £33m and (c) Government strategic sectors - £40m. The terms of service provision are subject to periodic review and renegotiation.

Commercial revenue was £33m in 2014-15.

Met Office expenditure on research and development is detailed in its annual report and accounts. The amount spent in the last 5 years is set out below.

Financial Year

£m

2010-11

45

2011-12

43

2012-13

45

2013-14

45

2014-15

50

Answered by

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills