§ Mr. Geraint Howellsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if his Department is currently sponsoring 384W research in any universities or colleges; which colleges are involved; and how much money is being spent in each case.
§ Mr. HeseltineMy 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