§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to whom expenditure on research and development is distributed; how many staff are directly employed as a result; and how many research establishments of the Department and its agencies there are in each region and nation of the United Kingdom. [149637]
§ Ms HewittResearch and development expenditure is distributed to a range of bodies and principally via the76W representative in each of the following cities: Berlin, San Diego, Boston, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka and Sydney (NSW), the latter post being part-time.
South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWRDA)
The South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) have an office in Japan with four staff and in North America, SWRDA have a dispersed team of four staff, however there is no central office there.
Yorkshire Forward
Yorkshire Forward has offices and representatives in Japan and China.
As part of a North of England collaboration (a joint venture with North West Development Agency and One North East) there are offices and representatives in Australia (Sydney) and North America (Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and Los Angeles).
§ Malcolm BruceTo the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will provide a breakdown for each region of how her Department allocated its funding of the regional development agencies in 2003–04; and what amounts have been allocated to each region in each year since 1997. [147798]
§ Jacqui SmithEight RDAs were established in 1998 and their first full year of operation was in 1999–2000. The London Development Agency was established in 2000–01. The table shows the RDAs' grant allocation and expenditure for each of the financial years between 1999–2000 and 2002–03 and their initial allocations for 2003–04.
research councils to higher education institutes and their own research establishments. Some 11,000 staff are directly employed by the research councils. The following table gives a regional and national breakdown of the councils' research establishments. Funding is also distributed to industry via schemes such as LINK. Figures for staff directly employed as a result of such funding are not available.
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Region/country Number of research establishments East Midlands 4 East of England 13 London 7 North East 0 North West 4
Region/country Number of research establishments Northern Ireland 1 Scotland 15 South East 20 South West 11 Wales 2