University Research (Hansard, 19 June 2002)

§ Mr. Kidney
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of public funding of research in UK universities in each of the last five years has been for(a) military application and (b) other purposes. [61091]

§ Ms Hewitt
The information required can be found in Tables 6.4 and 6.5 on the Science, Engineering and Technology Statistics website at http://www.dti.gov.uk/ost/setstats.

§ Mr. Kidney
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate she has made of the proportion of research in UK universities in each of the last five years that has been funded(a) privately and (b) publicly. [61090]

§ Ms Hewitt
The information required is as follows.

per cent

private¹ public²

1999–2000 26 74

1998–99 25 75

1997–98 24 76

1996–97 23 77

1995–96 22 78

¹ Private includes income from UK based charities, industry, commerce and public corporations.

² Public includes income from OST/Research Councils, Funding Councils, UK central Government bodies/local authorities, health and hospital authorities.

Sources:
Higher Education Statistics Agency. Office for National Statistics. The figures are derived from data on income received by universities as research grants, contracts and infrastructure support.

per cent
	private¹	public²
1999–2000	26	74
1998–99	25	75
1997–98	24	76
1996–97	23	77
1995–96	22	78
¹ Private includes income from UK based charities, industry, commerce and public corporations.
² Public includes income from OST/Research Councils, Funding Councils, UK central Government bodies/local authorities, health and hospital authorities.