§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much money has been spent on the Public Sector Research Exploitation Fund in each year since its inception; and how many organisations have received assistance through this fund. [157250]
§ Ms HewittAn award totalling over £10 million was made through the Public Sector Research Exploitation (PSRE) fund in October 2001. A second round of the PSRE fund worth almost £15 million was announced in the Science Budget for 2003–06. Money spent so far in Round 1 is as follows:
Financial year £ 2001£02 287,500 2002£03 7,521,860 2003£04 300,000 Total 8,109,360 A further £2,000 000 of funding has been approved but not yet drawn down.
19 applications received funding through PSRE round 1 and 16 in PSRE round 2. The organisations that have received assistance through the fund in rounds 1 and 2 are listed as follows, with their funding allocation. In collaborative applications to the fund, institutions nominate a lead establishment, shown as follows.
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Lead Institution Partner Institutions Award (£) Institute of Food Research Plant Bioscience Ltd. 160,000 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Trust 220,000 Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust York Health Services NHS Trust National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside Lynton Lasers Ltd. 287,500 Product Innovation and Development Centre Natural Environment Research Council 600,000 Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospitals Trust BioSci North Ltd. 270,000 MKW Engineering Ltd. Newcastle General Hospital NHS Executive, Northern and Yorkshire Region RTC North Ltd. University of Newcastle upon Tyne Particle Physics and Astronomy Research CERN 200,000 Plant Bioscience Ltd. 530,000 Public Health Laboratory Service National Institute of Biological Standards and Controls 300,000 South Glasgow University Hospitals Trust BioIndustry Association (Scotland) 425,000 Connect Grampian University Hospital NHS Trust Greater Glasgow Primary Care NHS Trust LINC Scotland Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust Scottish Enterprise Scottish Executive, Chief Scientists Scottish National Blood Transfusion Tayside University Hospital NHS Trust University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust 300,000 Birmingham Specialist Community Health NHS Trust Burton Hospital NHS Trust City Hospital NHS Trust Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust Mid Staffordshire General Hospital NHS Trust North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic South Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust South Warwickshire General Hospital NHS Trust The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust University Hospital NHS Trust Nottingham City Hospital Trust 300,000 South Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Four London NHS Trusts comprising: Barts and the London NHS Trust City and Hackney Primary Care Trust East London and City Mental Health Trust Homerton Hospital NHS Trust Newham Healthcare Trust Newham Primary Care Trust Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust Guy's and St. Thomas's NHS Trust Epson and St. Helier NHS Trust King's College Hospital Trust Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust St. George's Hospital NHS Trust The Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust North West London Hospitals Trust St. Mary's NHS Trust 798W799W
Lead Institution Partner Institutions Award (£) The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust Camden and Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust
1,300,000 Camden and Islington Mental Health NHS Trust Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust The University College London Hospitals NHS Trust The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust Total 110,109,360 Public Sector Research Establishment Round 2 Barts and the London NHS Trust The Royal Free Hampstead 2,300,000 The Royal Brompton and Harefield Guy's and St. Thomas The London Development Agency Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC)
2,000,000 Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC)
UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Central Manchester and Manchester Children's Hospitals NHS Trust
University TrusTECH 750,000 Health Protection Agency BIONOW Medical Devices Faraday CLIK Knowledge Transfer 750,000 Defence Science and Tech Lab (DSTL) Central Science Laboratory 1,000,000 Health Protection Agency Veterinary Laboratories Agency Forensic Science Service, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
500,000 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 250,000 Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust York Hospitals NHS Trust Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Trust Yorkshire Forward Medilink (Yorkshire and Humber) Moredun Research Institute Roslin Institute 1,500,000 Rowett Research Institute Scottish Agricultural College Institute for Animal Health Natural Environment Research Council 600,000 National Museums Liverpool Lynton Lasers 750,000 The Hothouse Castle Fine Arts Foundry Shape Design Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Hospitals Trust RTC North Ltd. 490,000 University of Newcastle upon Tyne Regional Medical Physics Dept
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust Centre of Excellence for Life Sciences North Tyneside Primary Care Trust County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust University of Durham Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, The South East England Development Agency 540,000 Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Lead Institution Partner institutions Award (£) Papworth Hospital NHS Trust The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust 500,000 Addenbrookes NHS Trust East of England Development Agency Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) 175,000 Plant Biosiences Ltd BBSRC 1,800,000 Roslin Institute(Genecom) Institute of Animal Health 800,000 Moredun Research Institute Total 14,705,000 1 The Advisory Board recommended that the additional £109,360 (over and above the £10 million allocated for the PSRE Fund) be taken from the surplus from University Challenge.
§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many organisations have been helped by the Public Sector Research Exploitation Fund in each year since its inception. [157251]
§ Ms HewittThe Public Sector Research Exploitation Fund has been awarded through two competitive funding rounds. PSRE Round 1 awards were made in October 2001 with over £10 million going to 19 lead institutions. The allocation of Round 2 funds was announced in January 2004. Almost £15 million went to 16 lead organisations. For a list of organisations that have received assistance from the fund, please refer to PQ No. 157250 answered today.