§ Mr. BerminghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the level of funding to each university physics department in England and Wales over each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. JacksonUniversities receive public funding in the form of block grants from the Universities Funding Council, which succeeded the University Grant; Committee on 1 April. It is for each university to determine how its block grant, and the other income at its disposal, is distributed between Departments.