HC Deb 20 December 1979 vol 976 cc383-4W
Mr. Geraint Howells

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if his Department is currently sponsoring research in any universities or colleges; which colleges are involved; and how much money is being spent in each case.

Mr. Heseltine

My Department currently has research contracts placed with the following academic bodies at the total costs shown:

Universities £
Aberdeen 26,940
Aston 148,665
Birmingham 850,670
Bristol 206,534
Cambridge 188,397
City 226,106
Dundee 8,557
Durham 154,175
East Anglia 144,798
Edinburgh 32,334
Glasgow 258,877
Keele 68,892
Kent 96,334
Liverpool 89,241
London 52,243
Loughborough 30,085
Manchester 289,094
Newcastle 201,136
Nottingham 136,928
Reading 63,157
Salford 59,130
Sheffield 63,395
Southampton 122,204
Strathclyde 50,770
York 219,586
Other Academic Bodies
£
Birmingham Polytechnic 26,139
Brighton Polytechnic 12,706
Cranfield Institute of Technology 1,800
Hatfield Polytechnic 11,692
Imperial College of Science and Technology 586,807
Kings College, London 14,000
Leicester Polytechnic 52,867
Liverpool Polytechnic 215,251
Middlesex Polytechnic 44,758
Oxford Polytechnic 47,854
Plymouth Polytechnic 37,171
Polytechnic of Central London 66,100
Polytechnic of the South Bank 3,500
Portsmouth Polytechnic 76,000
Sheffield City Polytechnic 5,000
University College, London 178,711
University College of North Wales 33,158
University College, Swansea 2,069
University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology 183,466
University of Wales, Institute of Science and Technology 24,117