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Regional total research and development expenditure 2011

The latest National Statistics on gross domestic expenditure on research and development (GERD) for the UK, including estimates by English region and UK country, were released at 9:30am on 13 March 2013 by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

UK Statistics Authority website Statistics on gross domestic expenditure on research and development include data by government office region for 2011. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 15 March 2012.

The key points from the latest release are:

  • an estimated total of £556 million was spent on R&D in 2011 in Wales, an increase of 6 per cent in real terms compared to 2010 (UK up 2 per cent)
  • R&D expenditure represented 2.0 per cent of total UK R&D expenditure and 1.2 per cent of total Gross Value Added in Wales
  • business enterprise R&D accounted for 46 per cent of the total in Wales, with higher education accounting for 48 per cent, government making up 6 per cent and Private Non Profit making up less than 1 per cent
  • in a small region such as Wales, the level of R&D expenditure can be influenced greatly by a small number of major projects commencing or ending.  Therefore although the time series is volatile, the figures for 1993 to 2011 show an overall upward trend, with an annual average growth in real terms of 3 per cent

The detailed dataset on StatsWales will be updated to include these new data by 21 March 2013.

Further information

StatsWales website (external link)

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5017
Email: economic.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next updates

March 2014 for 2012 total research and development expenditure (including government, higher education and private non-profit)
December 2013 for 2012 BERD expenditure - (provisional - to be confirmed on Due out soon page)