"Figure 2: Composition of UK gross domestic expenditure on research and development by funding sector in constant prices, 1995 to 2015","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Private Non-Profit organisations","Higher Education ","Overseas","Government and Research Councils","Business" "1995","0.8","1.7","3.0","5.3","10.0" "1996","0.8","1.6","3.3","5.2","9.6" "1997","0.8","1.6","3.0","5.0","10.2" "1998","0.9","1.7","3.6","5.2","10.1" "1999","1.0","1.8","4.0","5.4","11.2" "2000","1.1","1.9","3.8","5.5","11.5" "2001","1.2","2.2","4.9","5.1","11.3" "2002","1.2","2.4","5.4","5.1","10.9" "2003","1.2","2.4","5.1","5.8","10.5" "2004","1.2","2.5","4.3","6.0","11.0" "2005","1.2","2.6","5.0","6.2","11.5" "2006","1.3","2.8","4.6","6.1","12.1" "2007","1.3","2.9","5.0","5.8","13.1" "2008","1.4","2.8","5.1","6.1","12.8" "2009","1.4","3.0","4.9","6.4","12.4" "2010","1.4","2.8","5.2","6.5","12.3" "2011","1.4","2.8","5.5","6.3","13.2" "2012","1.4","2.6","5.4","5.8","13.1" "2013","1.4","2.7","5.4","6.7","13.5" "2014","1.4","2.7","5.6","6.6","14.3" "2015","1.6","2.7","5.4","6.5","15.5"