§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table showing all moneys expended by his Department in each year since 1974 on research, showing in each year the organisations to which funding was made available and the titles of the projects funded.
§ Mr. RossiThe information readily available concerns outside organisations who have initiated research on projects for which they have received funds from Northern Ireland Departments and is as follows: 365W
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Department Organisation Project 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 £ £ £ £ £ Agriculture … … Agricultural Research Institute … Ongoing research projects into aspects of crop and animal production, with special emphasis on means of increasing output from grassland 396,800 508,700 478,900 583,900 635,000 Commerce … … New University of Ulster … Heat pump research … … — — 7,900 2,006 — Education … … New University of Ulster … Schools cultural studies … … 1,694 9,643 6,500 7,600 11,963 Queen's University, Belfast … Community education pilot scheme — — 7,248 45,040 16,123 New University of Ulster … Community actions research and education — — — — 5,840 Steering Committee on Project … Community worker research … — — — 35 14,808 Queen's University, Belfast … Community education senior research fellowship — — — — 4,360 New University of Ulster … Home/school links … … — — — — 10,269 Manpower Services … Industrial Training Service … West Belfast unemployment … — — 4,841 1,039 — PA Management Consultants and Industrial Training Service Marketing training needs in Northern Ireland — — — — 27,075 In addition to the above figures some outside research may have been carried out with assistance from Department of Environment (DOE(NI)) and Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS(NI)) but it is not readily identifiable and the amounts are believed to be insignificant.