HC Deb 28 July 2000 vol 354 cc1088-9W
Mr. Hilary Benn

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much has been awarded by the Joint Infrastructure Fund since its establishment to each university in respect of(a) medical and (b) non-medial research. [131721]

Ms Hewitt

The Joint Infrastructure Fund (JIF) to date has made 109 awards worth £600 million to 39 universities.

Estimates of the biomedical and non-medical awards for the successful universities for Round 1 are listed in the table. Rounds 2 and 3 awards are subject to negotiation with successful applicants and further details will be announced later this year.

Universities awarded funding (Round 1)
£ million
Round 1 Biomedical Non-medical
Bangor (University of Wales) 2.8 2.8
Birmingham 11.1 11.1
Bristol 2.0 2.0
Cambridge 30.4 30.4
Edinburgh 6.3 3.3 3.0
Glasgow 2.1 2.1
Imperial College 11.3 3.3 8.0
Lancaster 0.6 0.6
Leeds 2.4 2.4
Liverpool 6.1 2.9 3.2
LSE 6.6 6.6
Manchester 1.8 1.8
Newcastle 4.4 4.4
Nottingham 5.0 0.8 4.2
Oxford 17.9 7.1 10.8
Queen Mary and Westfield College 24.8 24.8
Queen's Belfast 0.4 0.4
Southampton 3.8 3.8
Strathclyde 1.2 1.2
SUERC (Glasgow) 3.9 3.9
Surrey 4.7 4.7
Warwick 1.0 1.0