Faraday Partnership Scheme (Hansard, 13 January 1997)

HC Deb 13 January 1997 vol 288 cc141-2W 141W

§ Mr. Ingram
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what has been the level of financial support given by his Department to the Faraday partnership scheme announced by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; and what is the projected expenditure. [9973]

§ Mr. Ian Taylor
The DTI welcomes the EPSRC Faraday partnerships scheme as a contribution to wider efforts to link academia and industry, and will monitor progress. It may be possible for potential partnerships to make bids into any further rounds of the sectoral challenge.
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No allocation has been made from DTI central funds for 1997–98 because of financial constraints.