Business expenditure on research and development Economy
This indicator shows the total business enterprise expenditure on research and development, in the UK, for 2022 and 2023.
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Business expenditure on research and development
, in £ millionsBusinesses gross expenditure within each region, 2022 to 2023
Source: Office for National Statistics
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Business expenditure on research and development
, in £ millionsBusinesses gross expenditure within each region, 2023
Source: Office for National Statistics
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Business expenditure on research and development
, in £ millionsBusinesses gross expenditure within each region, 2022 to 2023
| E12000004 | East Midlands | 2,337 | 2,343 |
| E12000006 | East of England | 9,733 | 9,946 |
| E12000007 | London | 10,997 | 9,222 |
| E12000001 | North East | 724 | 784 |
| E12000002 | North West | 4,343 | 4,534 |
| N92000002 | Northern Ireland | 889 | 781 |
| S92000003 | Scotland | 2,697 | 2,720 |
| E12000008 | South East | 8,470 | 8,583 |
| E12000009 | South West | 2,668 | 3,179 |
| W92000004 | Wales | 835 | 884 |
| E12000005 | West Midlands | 4,424 | 3,769 |
| E12000003 | Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,857 | 1,829 |
Source: Office for National Statistics
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Interpretation
Statistics presented are compiled in line with internationally-agreed best practice as defined in the Frascati Manual 2015 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Regional estimates are compiled based on a combination of larger businesses reporting their R&D performing locations and smaller businesses having their data allocated to the location of their main business address held on the inter-departmental business register.
Estimates produced at disaggregate levels such as region, product group and SIC may in some cases be subject to a high level of variability from year to year. This may be due to industry reclassification of some businesses and sampling variability.
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Business expenditure on research and development is one of 77 local indicators on the Explore local statistics service. See the full list of local indicators.