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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, what estimate he has made of spending on (a) science and (b) R&D tax reliefs as a proportion of GDP for each year from 2018 to the end of the current Parliament.

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Helen Whately

Conservative

Faversham and Mid Kent

Commons

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3 November 2021

The estimates on government Research & Development spending and tax reliefs as a proportion of GDP for each year from 2018 are as follows:

%, GDP	2018	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
R&D Spending	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7
R&D Tax Reliefs	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Notes:
Rounded to 1 decimal place
Government Research & Development (R&D) spending and tax reliefs have been calculated using the Frascati definition, with estimates for R&D funded by government. OECD averages do not account for contributions to EU science programmes, UK figures reported consistent with OECD calculations. Source for definition. Gross domestic expenditure on research and development, UK: 2019
Sources:
OBR's Economic and fiscal outlook – 27 October 2021
OECD R&D tax expenditure and direct government funding of BERD: Indirect government support through R&D tax relief as a percentage of GDP (2018)
OECD Main Science and Technology Indicators: Percentage of GERD performed by the Government Sector (2018)
Gross domestic expenditure on research and development, UK: 2019, Published BEIS R&D allocations UKRI budget allocations (2021/22)
Autumn Budget and Spending Review (2021)
HMRC Tax Relief estimates 2018-19 and 2019-20

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