§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the research contracts awarded by his Department to academic institutions, and their cost, since 1985.
§ Mr. Waddington[holding answer 10 July 1990]: Information on the cost and nature of each research contract awarded by my Department to academic and research institutions since 1985 is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Total estimated Home Office expenditure on assignments 723W awarded to academic institutions for the period January 1985 to April 1990 is £6,725,271, and is represented as follows:
£ Oxford Centre for Criminological Research/Oxford University 799,309 New Mexico Engineering Research Institute 605,195 University of East Anglia 572,500 Institute of Criminology/Cambridge University 564,250 University of London 510,788 Policy Studies Institute 299,000 University of Birmingham 294,330 NACRO 252,000 VERA Institute of Justice 250,532 University of Manchester 210,839 University of Surrey 165,981 University of Bath 165,400 Tavistock Institute 164,000 London School of Economics 141,662 University of Swansea 140,685 University of Essex 138,000 University of Leeds 128,123 University of Bristol 118,650 University of Liverpool 118,000 University of Kent 113,427 University of Edinburgh 105,953 University of Aberdeen 95,087 University of Loughborough 87,779 University of Sheffield 84,000 University of Nottingham 82,235 University of Sussex 75,000 Hatfield Polytechnic 69,522 Bradford/Ilkley College 59,000 University of Dundee 56,000 City University 55,078 Policy Foundation 45,500 University of Hull 40,990 Trent Polytechnic 40,700 University of Warwick 40,574 Economics and Social Research Council 40,000 South Bank Polytechnic 37,146 Local Govenment Operation Research Unit 34,500 University of North London 30,000 University of Reading 28,158 National Institute for Social Work 27,500 North London Polytechnic 25,200 University of Lancaster 18,000 Thames Polytechnic 18,000 University of Cardiff 8,000 University of Brunel 7,950 Coventry Polytechnic 7,000 University of Southampton 4,260