§ 23. Dr. ReidTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether it is his intention to maintain the principle of dual funding of research in all universities.
Mr. JacksonWe have no plans to depart from the principle of the present dual support approach to publicly funded research in universities. My right hon. Friend has advised the Universities Funding Council, which takes over university funding responsibilities, from the present University Grants Committee on 1 April 1989 that, within that framework, there needs to be greater concentration and selectivity of research; that funding for research should be more clearly distinguished from funding for teaching; and that the council should consider how judgments on the quality and quantity of research should influence its funding decisions.