Science and Engineering Research Council

HC Deb 22 March 1983 vol 39 c373W

23. Mr. Forman

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how the funding to the Science and Engineering Research Council for 1983–84 compares with that in the preceding years from 1979.

Mr. William Shelton

The grant-in-aid to the Science and Engineering Research Council from the science budget, which has risen steadily in cash terms from L175–6 million in 1979–80, is £254.5 million for 1983–84. This has broadly maintained in real terms the level of funding for the council.