§ Lord Orr-Ewingasked Her Majesty's Government:
To what extent the funds of each university, polytechnic and college of higher education have been enhanced by closer connection with industry.
§ The Earl of SwintonThe information published yearly by the Universities' Statistical Record now shows for each university direct income from industrial and commercial research grants and contracts. In the academic year 1982–83 this was as follows:—
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University Income £ thousands Aston 414 Bath 371 Birmingham 715 Bradford 212 Bristol 559 Brunel 263 Cambridge 1,382 City 282 Durham 258 East Anglia 146 Essex 41 Exeter 98 Hull 128 Keele 12 Kent 174 Lancaster 37 Leeds 777 Leicester 390 Liverpool 358 London Business School 382 London University 6,854 Loughborough 771 Manchester Business School — Manchester University 506
University Income £ thousands Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 824 Newcastle 879 Nottingham 1,329 Oxford 1,126 Reading 448 Salford 215 Sheffield 445 Southampton 532 Surrey 605 Sussex 475 Warwick 181 York 19 Total England 22,207 Aberystwyth University College 125 Bangor University College 129 Cardiff University College 600 St. David's, Lampeter — Swansea University College 210 University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology 223 Welsh National School of Medicine 225 University of Wales Central Registry — Total Wales 1,512 Total England and Wales 23,719 Aberdeen 305 Dundee 222 Edinburgh 846 Glasgow 476 Heriot-Watt 178 St. Andrews 53 Stirling 77 Strathclyde 910 Total Scotland 3,067 Total Great Britain 26,786 These figures do not include income to companies wholly or jointly owned by universities. Comparable information for polytechnics and other colleges is not available centrally.