§ Mr. MillerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the level of funding allocated by the Government to the Higher Education Funding Council for England in respect of indirect costs relating to research projects for each of the financial years from 1990–91 to 1994–95. [18661]
§ Mr. ForthThe Government notify the Higher Education Funding Council for England of a total figure for funding for teaching and research. The funding council advises on the split between resources for teaching and research and allocates block grant to institutions. Funding for research from the funding council is intended to contribute to the indirect costs associated with specific projects funded by the research councils and to support basic research undertaken at institutions' direction. Universities are expected to charge full costs to industrial and other sponsors of research.
177WThe funding council was established under the provisions of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 and assumed responsibility for paying grant to institutions on 1 April 1993. In the academic year 1993–94, it allocated a total of £618,150,500 for research. In 1994–95, that figure was £626,664,907. It is not possible to identify an element in respect of indirect costs.