§ Mr. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list for each of the last five years the percentage of(a) money awarded as research grants and (b) actual grants to former polytechnics and colleges of higher education by each of the national research councils in relation to the total moneys allocated as research awards to higher education institutions. [63174]
§ Mr. BattleThe available data are shown in the following table:
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Expenditure on research grants to former polytechnics/colleges of higher education as % of total expenditure at higher education institutions Number of research grants to former polytechnics/colleges of higher education as % of total grants awarded to higher education institutions Economic and social science research council 1993–94 1n/a 2.30 1994–95 4.00 3.40 1995–96 1n/a 10.20 1996–97 4.00 7.20 1997–98 4.90 7.70 Particle physics and astronomy research council 1993–94 0.38 2.81 1994–95 0.63 1.56 1995–96 1.47 1.72 1996–97 0.48 2.06 1997–98 0.76 3.50
Expenditure on research grants to former polytechnics/colleges of higher education as % of total expenditure at higher education institutions Number of research grants to former polytechnics/colleges of higher education as % of total grants awarded to higher education institutions Medical research council 1993–94 2n/a 2n/a 1994–95 0.17 0.45 1995–96 0.35 0.27 1996–97 0.21 0.25 1997–98 0.08 n/a Biotechnology and biological sciences research council 1993–94 *n/a *n/a 1994–95 0.92 0.80 1995–96 1.34 1.00 1996–97 1.42 1.10 1997–98 1.25 0.90 Engineering and physical sciences research council 1993–94 3n/a 3n/a 1994–95 7.1 8.9 1995–96 4.4 6.2 1996–97 4.1 5.2 1997–98 3.9 5.0 Natural environment research council 1993–94 0.72 2.80 1994–95 0.67 3.10 1995–96 0.37 2.90 1996–97 0.86 3.80 1997–98 0.81 3.30 1 These figures are not available due to an error on the database which will be rectified when it is replaced in 1999. 2 Figures prior to 1994–95 are not comparable due to changes in recording and indexation. 3 EPSRC commenced operations on 1 April 1994. * BBSRC commended operations in 1994.