"Figure 6: UK gross domestic expenditure on research and development by sector, country and region, 2017","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. North East and North West regions data have been combined due to confidentiality." "Unit","£ billion" "","" " ","Private Non-Profit ","Government and Research Councils","Higher Education","Business" "South East","85","611","1174","4860" "East of England","230","212","819","4677" "London","323","447","1982","2796" "North East and North West^1^","42","216","931","2558" "West Midlands","11","71","416","2467" "Scotland","39","171","1072","1247" "South West","16","242","424","1652" "East Midlands ","2","74","341","1521" "Yorkshire and the Humber","3","121","579","938" "Wales","-","16","269","457" "Northern Ireland","-","16","166","512"