HC Deb 16 September 2004 vol 424 cc1726-7WS
Hugh Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much money from the Government's science budget had been spent(a) in total, (b) in Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) in the City of York in each year since 1997. [188951]

Ms Hewitt

Total science budget expenditure in each year from 1997–98 to 2002–03 was as follows:

Science budget (£ million)
1997–98 1,331
1998–99 1,334
1999–2000 1,394
2000–01 1,514
2001–02 1,707
2002–03 2,032

Research Council grants allocated to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Yorkshire and Humber and the City of York from 1997–98 to 2002–03 were as follows:

£million
Total UK Research

Council grants

 Yorkshire and

Humber

 York
1997–98 534 39.6 6.5
1998–99 560 44.1 7.1
1999–2000 604 50.2 7.4
2000–01 695 57.1 8.7
2001–02 805 65.0 10
2002–03 820 66.5 11.6
Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency—Resources of Higher Education Institutions

In addition, over this period, HEIs in Yorkshire and Humber received £117 million (of which £31 million went to the City of York) in infrastructure and knowledge transfer support, which was co-funded from the DfES and the OST science budget.