Civil Science Budget

HC Deb 22 January 1986 vol 90 cc194-5W

Mr. Rhodes James

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the proposed civil science budget for 1986–87.

Mr. Walden

The science budget, from which the research councils receive their grants in aid, will be £614 million in 1986–87, an increase in cash of £15 million over previously published plans for that year. In addition it is estimated that approximately £600 million will be spent on scientific research in universities from University Grants Committee funds; this figure is based on an estimate of the distribution of universities' resources among different functions.