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<p>The Met Office is a trading fund and provides weather and climate services under
contract to a range of government and commercial customers. R<em>evenue from these
services in each of the last five years is shown in the following table.</em></p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p
/></td></tr><tr><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p
/></td></tr><tr><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p
/></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total
Revenue (£’000)</p></td><td><p>226,827</p></td><td><p>227,480</p></td><td><p>220,795</p></td><td><p>208,118</p></td><td><p>204,929</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(of
which) Government services (£’000)</p></td><td><p>194,790</p></td><td><p>195,710</p></td><td><p>187,375</p></td><td><p>175,453</p></td><td><p>171,760</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The majority of the Met Office's Government services relate to the Met Office's
public task, its role as the UK's National Meteorological Service and its support
of the Ministry of Defence and other Government departments in respect of weather
and climate related services.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Met Office has received
grant funding from Government in the last five years, for capital investment in its
underpinning infrastructure covering High Performance Computing, volcanic ash monitoring
and space weather forecasting.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p
/></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td></tr><tr><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p
/></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total
grants (£’000)</p></td><td><p>47,000</p></td><td><p>50,000</p></td><td><p>–</p></td><td><p>3,191</p></td><td><p>2,234</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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