§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list for the five research councils the amount of their expenditure taken up by administration and central expenses in each of the past five years and the percentage of their total expenditure this represented.
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§ Mr. BrookeThe information is given in the table. The figures have been obtained from each research council's grant-in-aid accounts for the years in question.
Research Council Year Gross Total Expenditure* (A) £000s
Gross Total Administrative and Central Expenses (B) £000s
(B) As Percentage of (A) Agricultural and Food Research Council 1978–79 55,522 3,244 5.8 1979–80 63,067 4,425 7.0 1980–81 78,480 6,164 7.9 1981–82 90,200 6,407 7.1 1982–83 97,038 8,345 8.6 Economic and Social Research Council 1978–79 15,744 1,505 9.6 1979–80 17,164 1,771 10.3 1980–81 20,642 2,360 11.4 1981–82 20,891 2,411 11.5 1982–83 20,954 2,619 12.5 Medical Research Council 1978–79 60,357 3,314 5.5 1979–80 72,190 3,882 5.4 1980–81 91,524 5,201 5.7 1981–82 104,974 5,985 5.7 1982–83 111,038 6,459 5.8 Natural Environment Research Council 1978–79 51,269 2,819 5.5 1979–80 58,821 3,142 5.3 1980–81 74,907 3,951 5.3 1981–82 85,908 4,716 5.5 1982–83 87,036 5,305 6.1 Science and Engineering Research Council 1978–79 112,147 5,192 4.6 1979–80 138,012 5,335 3.9 1980–81 166,318 6,568 4.0 1981–82 183,786 7,623 4.2 1982–83 200,810 8,356 4.2 * Expenditure out of income from all sources including receipts from Government Departments in respect of commissioned research.