HC Deb 12 June 2000 vol 351 c465W
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much Research Council money was spent in each region in each of the last three years for which figures are available, broken down in each case between(a) universities and (b) other organisations. [124809]

Ms Hewitt

Details of the Research Councils' gross spend by region for the three years 1996–97 to 1998–99, analysed between universities and other organisations, mainly their institutes, is shown in the table.

Research Council spend by region
£000
Universities Other
1996–97
England 585,475 417,469
Scotland 88,874 51,229
Wales 18,238 5,245
Northern Ireland 6,881 326
1997–98
England 630,296 397,230
Scotland 88,200 45,888
Wales 21,739 6,998
Northern Ireland 6,204 350
1998–99
England 627,752 407,179
Scotland 86,730 46,673
Wales 22,243 5,022
Northern Ireland 5,982 515

Notes:

1. Figures are Councils' gross expenditure, financed from the Science Budget grant-in-aid and other sources.

2. 'Universities' includes both research grants and postgraduate studentships.

3. 'Other' is largely Research Council institutes.

4. Overseas expenditure, international subscriptions and central headquarters expenditure are excluded.

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