HC Deb 04 April 1984 vol 57 c546W
Mr. Stott

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many alpha + research programmes, programmes of the highest priority grading, are currently being funded by the Science and Engineering Research Council.

Mr. Brooke

The Science and Engineering Research Council is currently supporting 4,295 alpha research grants. The total value of these research grants is £211 million.