The total amount spent by the Department for Transport on both aviation and aerospace research and development is provided below. These figures include both sectors. It is not possible to separate the expenditure as many individual research projects include aspects of both:<\/p>
2014/15: £1,137,725<\/p>
2015/16: £2,683,895<\/p>
2016/17: £1,571,768<\/p>
2017/18: £1,485,789<\/p>
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The figures above do not include any spend which may have been incurred by other Government departments in this area.<\/p>
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Estimates are provided in the tables below for England. They are based on data from the Department\u2019s National Travel Survey and the Office for National Statistics mid-year population estimates. Figures for the UK are not available.<\/p>
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Table 1: Estimated number of England residents who take a domestic flight within Great Britain less than once a year or never (in millions), 2015-2017<\/p>
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England residents (millions)<\/p><\/td> | 50.9<\/p><\/td> | 51.4<\/p><\/td> | 51.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Table 2: Estimated number of England residents who did not take any outward international flights in the last 12 months (in millions), 2015-2017<\/p> <\/p>
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