§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the total cost of the 1992 to 1996 Research Assessment Exercise. [90177]
§ Mr. MudieThe cost to higher education institutions of undertaking the 1996 Research Assessment Exercise was estimated to be £27.3 million, less than 1 per cent. of the public funds for research which will be distributed by funding bodies with reference to the 1996 RAE results.